YouREAD Initiative, a CSR initiative of GTBank launched last year to rekindle interest in reading, has given its support to a 40-year old Nigerian, Olubayode Treasures Olawunmi, who is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the Longest Marathon Read Aloud.
The
current record holder, Deepak Sharma Bajaan attained the feat in 2008
after he read a total of 17 books in 113 hours and 15 minutes. Now,
Treasure Olawunmi is taking a shot at breaking the world record by
reading over 15 Nigerian published books in 120 hours over a period
of 6 days at the Herbert Macaulay Library, Yaba recently refurbished
by the bank.
Treasures
Olawunmi started the challenge on Monday 26th
February, 2018 at exactly 1:30pm Nigerian time. So far, he has read
nine books including Toni Kan’s The Carnivorous City, Sarah Ladipo
Manyika’s Independence, Leye Adenle’s Easy Motion Tourist,
Elnathan John’s Born on a Tuesday amongst many others.
Today,
1st
March, has been set aside by UNESCO as the World Book Day and it is
the 3rd
day of his marathon attempt, he has done over 72 hours of reading.
YouREAD Initiative celebrated the day with him,
students from various schools in the environs and over 250 readers
who filled the library to capacity.
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