The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) in Niger State, ‎ ‎has urged the state government ‎to save the Malam Abubakar Imam Library from total collapse.

Its State Coordinator, Malam Usman Sani, gave the advice in an interview with newsmen on Saturday in Minna.‎‎

Newsmen report that Malam Abubakar Imam Library, now in bad shape,  was inaugurated 25 years ago by the former military administrator of the state, retired Col. Lawal Gwadabe‎.

Sani said, “It is a shame and intellectual bankruptcy  for a state to have such a caricature  in the name of a library.

“Dr Abubakar Imam Library needs urgent attention ‎by the government so that teachers in the state can take advantage of it in delivering  quality education to pupils and students alike.‎

“How can the government portray education as the bedrock of the society and leave such a monument to be in shambles‎” he said.

Sani said the library is in a state of total disuse  and it is affecting the students and teachers in the state.

“There was nothing there to enhance or boost learning” he said.‎

He said that books in the library had become obsolete and outdated while facilities there were in total disuse as a result of years of neglect.

Sani called on the state government to do a feasibility study on the extent of decline of the library and called for an urgent rehabilitation of the structure.

“This,  I think , will go a long way in resuscitating the library through purchase of new books and electronic library system to meet contemporary standard,’’ he said.

NAN