CSR: TotalEnergies Marks 2023 DW Book Reading and Open Day

Raheem Akingbolu

Management of TotalEnergies and stakeholders in the Lagos State Education sector, have described the long hours being given daily to browsing and other social media activities as a major factor mitigating against reading among students.

Speaking at the weekend during the company’s “2023 DW Book Reading and Open Day”, with the theme, “A Chapter A Day Keeps The Brain Alert”, its Deputy Managing Director, Mr Victor Bandele, called on students drawn from various public secondary schools in Lagos to imbibe the reading culture early to be able to pursue their desired dreams.

The Managing Director, who was represented by the Executive General Manager, Deep Water Field Operations,  Mr Adeyemi Akinlalu, pointed out that reading helps in building mental alertness.

Bandele said TotalEnergies appreciated the place of education in development, hence the need to mentor the students to bring out their potential.

While emphasizing the importance of reading in students’ lives, he said it helps individuals acquire life improvement skills, gain more vocabularies as well as acquire new information and knowledge.

He said that former U.S. President, Barack Obama, would usually say, “Reading is the gateway key that makes all other learning possible”.

He said this was outrightly true as all learning from complex word problems, history, scientific discoveries and technological proficiency could all be made possible through reading.