* Undertake and promote book development and authorship, ensuring the

   provision of adequate infrastructural facilities for book manufacture, 

* Encourage the expansion of local printing and publishing industry in

   order to facilitate book production 

* Develop an effective book distribution sector so as to ensure a

   nationwide circulation 

* Encourage the establishment of and strengthen professional association of the book

   industry in Nigeria, 

* Encourage and promote a reading culture through a continuous research

   into the needs of Nigerian readers, 

* Produce syllabus and instructional materials 

* Develop and encourage the development of core-books on Nigerian

   languages in co-operation with any other institution or organization

   concerned with book development.