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THE National Library of Nigeria has commenced the provision of library services in Ekiti State in fulfilment of its mandate to establish a branch in each state capital in Nigeria.
A statement issued on Thursday by the Spokesperson for NLN, Musa Saleh, said the Ekiti Library took off on December 2 at Ado-Ekiti.
Handing over the temporary building on behalf of the Ekiti State Government, the Director, State Library Board, Yemisi Adeyeye, expressed gladness for having services of the NLN in Ekiti state.
She stated that very soon, a plot of land would also be donated to the NLN for the construction of a permanent and prototype structure while in the meantime, the NLN would occupy the building of the State Library Board.
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THE National Library of Nigeria (NLN) has commenced operations to provide library services in Ekiti State with formal handover of the library edifice to the National Librarian, Professor Lenrie Olatokumbo Aina by the state government.
One of the mandates of the nation’s Apex library is to establish a branch in each of the state capital of the federation.
Director State Library Board, Mrs Adeyeye Yemisi, while handing over the temporary building on behalf of the Ekiti State government to Professor. Aina, expressed gladness that NLN would commence in the state.
She said the state government would soon donate a plot of land to NLN for the construction of a permanent and prototype structure, saying it was long overdue for Ekiti State to have services of the National Library of Nigeria.