The no funding policy of that administration led to the deterioration of public libraries in the state as workers made do with few available books, and no attention was further paid to library facilities. Students and others were made to pay stipends before they could use public libraries in the state. The state of the libraries began to deteriorate in the late nineties when the military administration of the state Group Captain Baba Iyiam insisted that all government agencies should be self-sustaining. The library system so flourished that it even pride itself of having a Will Library which was explored by legal luminaries and wealthy persons who did not want to create acrimony for their children when they depart the earth.įor years, it was a board of its own and was run as an independent body until it was merged with the Ministry of Education under the supervision of the Commissioner of Education. Then there was at least a government library in every local government headquarters across the three senatorial zones. The libraries in the then Midwest Region and later Bendel State were built during the military administration of Brigadier-General Samuel Ogbemudia. Edo state at a point was proud of owner of some of the best library facilities in the country to the extent that people come from far and near for research work.
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