YouREAD Initiative, one of the CSR programmes of GTBank launched in 2017 to rekindle the interest in reading, has given support to a 40-year-old Nigerian, Olubayode Treasures Olawunmi, who is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the Longest Marathon Read Aloud.
The current record holder, Deepak Sharma Bajaan attained the feat in 2008 after he read a total of 17 books in 113 hours and 15 minutes.
Now, GTBank is helping Olawunmi take a shot at breaking the world record by reading over 15 Nigerian published books in 120 hours over a period of six days at the Herbert Macaulay Library, Yaba, recently refurbished by the bank.
Olawunmi started the challenge on February 26, 2018 at exactly 1:30pm Nigerian time.
So far, he has read nine books, including Toni Kan’s The Carnivorous City, Sarah Ladipo Manyika’s Independence, Leye Adenle’s Easy Motion Tourist and Elnathan John’s Born on a Tuesday.
March 1 has been set aside by UNESCO as the World Book Day and it is the third day of his marathon attempt.
He has done over 72 hours of reading.
The bank celebrated the day with Olawunmi, students from various schools in the environ and with over 250 readers who filled the library to capacity.
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