Ex-Lawmaker Duke Urges FG To Halt Import Duties On Books, Printing Materials

A former Deputy Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Orok Otu Duke, has called on the federal government to consider removing import duties on books and printing materials to improve access to quality foreign and locally published reading materials.
Duke made the call at the reading and presentation of his five books titled ‘Calabar Modern Stories’, ‘Welcome to Uyo’, ‘Winnowing: A Collection of Poems’, ‘Treasures’ and ‘Oluchi’s Journey’ in Abuja yesterday.
The commissioner representing Cross River State at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) lamented the high cost of importing books, which makes works published outside the country expensive and beyond the...