Nigerian Attempts Guinness World Record For Longest Marathon Reading Aloud By An Individual

A Guinness Book of Record holder, has commenced another edition of “Read Aloud contest”, which will run for 480 hours, from Dec. 1 to Dec. 21.

Bayode Olawunmi-Treasures, Chief Executive Officer of I Read Afrika Foundation, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.

Speaking on his ambitious quest, Olawunmi-Treasures said: “The major goal for me is not so much breaking the Guinness records, it is to make reading great again.

I could have chosen to dance or sing my way into the record books but I chose this path so that when people ask what I did to break the record, it would be said that I did so through reading.

According to him, this is also geared towards receiving donations and crowdfunding from well-meaning individuals, organisations and government which will be used to build more well-equipped public libraries across Nigeria.

He noted that the rural areas where such facilities are lacking will be prioritised.