By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau
The leadership of National Assembly Library has expressed its gratitude to the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Chapter for donating specific books on public relations to the National Assembly (NASS) for the benefits of both the lawmakers and the general public.
Speaking to the media on Thursday in Abuja during the August visit of the NIPR FCT Chapter to the National Assembly Library, Ms Chinenye Monde-Anumihe, Head, Partnerships, Programs & Media of NASS Library Resource Centre, Abuja, expressed her appreciation for the books donation made by the public relations body.
She said she was excited to receive the NIPR FCT Chapter at the NASS Library, adding that she is happy for the partnership which exists between the Resource Center and the Institute.
Said she: “I am very very honoured and I welcome the donation of public relations books here today.
We are very grateful and we do not take it for granted whatsoever. We have thousands of books in our shelves and we are looking forward to creating a space for Public Relations specific books based on the books we have received today.
So we are very grateful and we will like to say thank you to NIPR (FCT Chapter) for this very generous donation and offer, we don’t take it for granted.
“And, as someone who is operating in a Public Relations space, I know that I need to expand my own body of knowledge, my own understanding of Public Relations in the work I do on daily basis”.
Also speaking at the event, NIPR FCT Chapter Chairman, Stanley Ogadigo, stated that his group are delighted to make the books donation to NASS Library as part of its 35th anniversary celebration activities, adding that it’s also part of giving back to the society through this gesture.
Said he: “We are most delighted to be here today because the National Assembly is a mini Nigeria, the same way the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations FCT Chapter is a mini Nigeria. It’s a mini Nigeria because FCT is the Center of Unity. FCT houses every part of Nigeria.
“So we don’t actually act like a Chapter, we act like a Nigeria itself because here is a mini Nigeria like I said.
“Well, we are very delighted. This is one of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects that we have mapped out for this programme.
On why the Abuja Chapter of the Institute chose to donate books to NASS library, Ogadigo said: “Books to National Assembly somebody may ask, why? The reason is simply. Here, we have representatives of every part of Nigeria, and we have decided that when we deposit these quality public relations books here, they are going to make more impacts, maybe than to give it to one school.
“So, here, everybody has access to the information that they need in terms of public relations”.
Continuing, NIPR FCT Chapter boss argued that “It’s also important and very significant one because we are saying that the time has come for Nigeria to take reputation as a serious project. So, this is part of it. You can not be making laws on what you do not even know much about”.
Said he: “So, this is part of deepening the knowledge of the profession and for the lawmakers to be able to know what the profession stands for and the lawmakers to be passionate about promoting the ideals of the profession. That is basically reputation building and management.
“You will agree with me that today, Nigeria needs more than ever, reputation, and we are very ready as an institute Chartered by Law and also very delighted and very grateful to National Assembly because we are not a creation of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) but we are a creation of the Act of Parliament
“So, it’s for us like giving back to the National Assembly who has also deemed it fit that we should be in the Constitution of Nigeria because of the peculiar and very important role the profession plays in the development of the country and nation building as a whole.
So we are grateful to the Executive Secretary, who had received me and received the Chapter and national at the National Assembly at various times.
And, somebody will be asking, where is the Executive Secretary, we are not here to visit the Executive Secretary, we here to make a donation to the National Assembly Library for the benefit of entire Nigerians. On a day of courtesy call, we will come and he will receive us or he comes and we will receive him.
“So, today, we have dedicated it to come and know the activities of the National Assembly Library and to us give back to the society through this very important library”.
On his views after the members of the NIPR FCT Chapter were conducted round the NASS Library, Ogadigo said: “Well, for the experience, so far so good because the National Assembly Library, for me is top-notch, and initiatives we have seen are very very much in line with modern realities.
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” We are so glad that every book we are going to drop today is going to be used not only for physical purpose but digital e-copies. Very very interesting.
“We talk about the library and I said, this partnership is very very key because it is coming at a time when the Institute is building the first Public Relations and Leadership University in the world. So, you could see the connection. What we are doing today, is like a spring board to a better and a robust collaboration between the National Assembly and the Institute”.
Meanwhile, receiving the books on behalf of her boss, Mrs. Aminchi Thomas Osula, Special Adviser to the Executive Secretary of the National Assembly Library Trust Fund (NALTF), expressed deep appreciation for the donation, describing the gesture as both “exciting and overwhelming.”
She said the books would add immense value to the library’s expanding resource base, particularly in an era where reliable knowledge is essential for effective governance and public engagement.
