Reading Record by former student union leader

Samson Ajao is a world record title holder of the Guinness world record for the ‘Longest Marathon Reading Aloud’. He is a passionate reader and prolific writer, who recently got confirmed as the newest Guinness World Record (GWR) holder for the Longest Marathon Reading Aloud, 2024 edition.
Ajao challenged the world record holder, Rysbai Isakov from Bursa, Turkey who hit the time of 124 hours in 2022 challenge. Samson Ajao who put all plans ahead of his trial to beat the current champion. He successfully exceeded the marging of the last winner with a record breaking 214 hours of non-stop read aloud in an audience filled space.
Samson cemented his status as a literacy development advocate, and his journey is one of perseverance, intellectual curiosity, deep love for the written word, and exceeding limits.