Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers) Limited is a Nigerian educational

publisher Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

that publishes textbook titles for all levels of education.

History

In 1945 the British publishing firm

Evans Brothers Limited Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers) Limited is a Nigerian educational publisher Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the t ...

"hired a consultant to come out to Nigeria and research the book needs of the then British colony of Nigeria".Evans Profile
evanspublishers. Retrieved 22 January 2019. That consultant was Dr. L. C. Larcombe and following his trip, he wrote ''Larcombe’s Progressive Arithmetic'' (Lower, Middle and Upper Standard), a textbook series that came to dominate the primary arithmetic market in Nigeria in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. With the success of this series and other publications such as ''Civics for Self Government'' by J. R. Bunting, Evans Brothers decided to send resident representatives to Nigeria to promote the interests of the company. The first of these was Ove Stentort who set up base in the university town of Ibadan. In the 1960s with education growing in importance in Nigeria, Evans Brothers decided to set up a more targeted form of publishing in the country with better marketing and distribution. Then in December 1966 they set up a full-fledged Nigerian firm which was incorporated under the name of Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers) Limited A major restructuring of the new company took place following the promulgation of the

Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Decree The Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Decree or NEPD 1972 as amended in 1977 was meant to effect changes in the ownership structure of businesses in Nigeria and to provide opportunity for indigenous capital to have assertive control of the economy. Th ...

of 1972 (also known as the indigenization decree) under which it "became mandatory for a minimum of 40% of the equity of companies to be owned by Nigerians". Susanah O. Tomomowo-ayodele has described Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers) Limited as "Nigeria's leading educational publisher".Susanah O. Tomomowo-ayodele
Impact of Indigenous Publishing on Educational Development in Nigeria: A Case Study of Selected Publishers in Ibadan
''Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)'', unl.edu, 23 April 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019. It publishes a range of educational textbooks and learning materials (nursery, primary and secondary levels) along with some fiction and general publications. Textbooks from the firm occupy a commanding position in fields such as basic technology.

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* Book publishing companies of Nigeria Educational publishing companies Publishing companies established in 1966 Companies based in Ibadan {{nigeria-company-stub