The Bible Society of Nigeria will mark the National Bible Day holding on May 5, 2022 with the distribution of free copies of the Bible.
Spokesman for the BSN, Mr. Benjamin Mordi, said in a statement that the day set aside to celebrate the gift of the Bible to Christendom and humanity at large.
He added that the celebration would enable Nigerians to reflect on and imbibe the values prescribed by the Holy Book.
Mordi quoted the general secretary/chief executive officer of BSN, Pastor Samuel Sanusi as saying that if nations and global community could set aside days to celebrate Workers’ Day, Independence Day, Water Day, Literacy Day, among others “it will be ideal to also use a day to celebrate the Bible, a gift from God to humanity and pray for the wellbeing of the nation.”
“The BSN will also use the day to distribute free copies of the Bible to schools and individuals across the country. This is to reiterate the society’s belief in the Bible as the solution to man’s problems, vices, and challenges, especially when its values are imbibed by the youth who are the future of the nation.
“According to the general secretary/chief executive officer, BSN, Pastor Samuel Sanusi, our socio-economic and security challenges as a nation will be greatly reduced if people adopt and live by prescribed biblical principles in all human relations.”
“The BSN is a not-for-profit interdenominational Christian organisation that translates the Bible into local languages, publishes, and distributes the Scriptures, as well as raises funds for Bible work and execution of life-transforming programmes that help people engage with the Word of God.
“So far, BSN has translated the full Bible in 26 Nigerian languages, while Bible translation/revision is ongoing in 10 Nigerian languages. It costs the organisation a minimum of N120 million to achieve a Bible translation project if completed in 12 years,” Mordi said in the statement.
