500 Participants For Free Writing Workshop In Lagos

A Christian group, Africa Vision Tract House Society (AVTHS) will On Saturday, July 30, 2022, hold a one-day writing workshop in Lagos to boost reading and writing culture among Nigerians.

The organisers, which said the event is free, asked prospective participants to register at its website.

The group’s head, capacity development and event coordinator, Deacon David Diekedie, stated this, in a statement he issued on Wednesday.

He said, “This vision is in line with the global and national campaign for educational and literary excellence, as highlighted in the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).”

Diekedie, a business coach and author, said AVTHS is the missionary arm of Nigeria Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF), a religious professional body, committed to medical, educational and vocational programmes in Nigeria and Africa.

He said over 500 budding writers and students are expected at the programmes, which would feature high-profile resource persons such as Justice Ita Mbaba, a jurist, a church elder, poet, author and presiding justice of the Court of Appeal, Kano Division.

“Prof Stella Ekpe, who is slated for the interactive session, is a senior lecturer in University of Calabar.

“Ekpe, a recipient of many awards, has 58 publications to her credit and was the former head of the Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University and deputy dean of Graduate School, University of Calabar,” he said

Adeze Ojukwu, an award-winning journalist and former lecturer at Department of Mass Communication, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, will speak on principles and ethics of media writing.

Another speaker is Pastor Desmond Akuegbe, a graduate of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). He is an educationist and author of several books on English phonics and diction, and publications accessible on Amazon. He is a pastor with Winners’ Chapel and a graphics designer and certified trainer on e-Book publishing. His topic is on digital publishing.”