Vice president Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has said that the Federal Government is studying the already existing mechanisms aimed at checking piracy in Nigeria. He stated that it is unacceptable that some criminals would be making money from the works of other people.
The Vice President said this while receiving members of the Board of Longman Nigeria Plc at the State House, Abuja, recently. “Those who engage in the act are killing intellectual rights which have a negative effect on society,” he said.
Dr. Jonathan lauded Longman’s investment plans praised the company for "doing very well" and waxing strong where others were finding it difficult to endure.
In his speech, Mr. Emmanuel Ijewere, chairman of Longman Nigeria said that Pearson Educational which is the world’s largest educational books publishers, now holds majority shareholding of 51 per cent in Longman after injecting about N2 billion into the company – a development which, he said, reflects Pearson’s confidence in the future of Nigeria’s education sector.
Mr. Ijewere said Longman Nigeria now plans to print its books locally and would be willing to enter into partnership with any big printing press to realize the goal. He also announced as part of Longman’s social responsibility initiatives the setting up of an education foundation to promote teacher education and education generally in Nigeria. The Longman delegation included Christine Ozden, Pearson Educational’s President for Africa, Caribbean and Middle East, Prof. Mohammed Abubakar, Vice-Chancellor of Kebbi State University and Simon Terndrup, Managing Director Longman Nigeria.
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