WORLD BOOK DAY: Guinness world record for longest read aloud marathon broken

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By Osa Amadi

World Book Day was celebrated in Nigeria with an attempt by Olubayode Tresures Olawunmi who took a giant step reading about 17 books to break the Guinness World Record for the Longest Marathon Read Aloud contest.

Olubayode Tresures Olawunmi during the read aloud session.

The contest is a GTBank You Read Initiative held at the Herbert Macaulay Library, Yaba, Lagos with Olubayode reading books from Nigerian Authors, undertaking the Guinness World Record longest read aloud marathon attempt. It also coincided with the celebration of World Book Day witnessed by students from various schools in the environ.

The attempt was proudly supported by the GTBank YouREAD Initiative, a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project which the Bank launched in 2017 to rekindle the interest in reading.

Olubayode started the read aloud challenge on Monday February 26, 2018 at…



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