GOVERNOR’S WIFE TAKES “READ ALOUD” CAMPAIGN TO SCHOOLS IN BENUE STATE TO REINFORCE READING CULTURE
In Benue State, the wife of the Governor, Dr. Mrs. Eunice Ortom and founder of an NGO Eunice Spring of Life foundation (ESLF) on Wednesday embarked on a “Read Aloud” tour of primary schools in Makurdi, the state capital to stimulate the culture of reading in the young ones. The schools visited include Anglican Nursery and primary school, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Nursery and Primary school and LGEA primary and Nursery school Demekpe. In each of the schools visited, Dr. Mrs. Ortom read a story “The Sneetches,” a children’s storybook authored by Dr. Seuss, to the pupils and they shared the lesson learnt after listening to her. The founder of ELSF commended the active participation of the pupils and encouraged them to make reading, a habit. “I want you to read more than you play. To be literate, you must read,” she asserted, explaining that “reading helps a child to develop the ability to think well, judge well and make better and positive decisions” S