The Honourable Minister of State for Education, Rt. Hon. Goodluck Nanah Opiah has stated that knowledge empowers and is very essential for human development. The Honourable Minister stated this during the flag off ceremony of the 2022 National Library Readership Promotion Campaign held at the Conference Hall, Federal Ministry of Education, Abuja on 15th September, 2022.

Speaking about the theme of the campaign: *Reading as a Panacea for Societal Problems*, the Honourable Minister said that the theme "is timely and appropriate, considering the declining level of reading habit in the world today and in particular, our country Nigeria".