LONGMAN NIGERIA CORPORATE PROFILE & VISION Longman Nigeria Plc is a subsidiary of Pearson, the world’s largest education services business. The company’s main business is the publication and marketing of textbooks for the entire gamut of the educational system – nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary. The company has equally distinguished itself in the marketing of reference, professional and general reading materials. Today, Longman Nigeria Plc is Nigeria’s largest educational publisher with the widest range of books/educational resources and the most expansive distribution network. Established in Nigeria in 1961 as a book publishing firm wholly owned by Longman Group UK Limited, now known as Pearson Education Limited, Longman Nigeria Plc became a quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on July 23, 1996. Longman Nigeria Plc has a vision to • Provide products of such high quality and international standard that will enable it sustain the confidence and patronage of its customers, remain the preferred education partner and thus guarantee adequate returns to its shareholders; • Offer its employees fair and adequate remuneration and opportunities for full realisation of their potentials as individuals; • Provide exceptionally high-quality content, in book or electronic formats, that appropriately serves the needs of pupils, students and teachers at all levels of education; • Support teachers and lecturers by giving them access to cutting-edge teaching resources delivered through workshops and online sources. As a customer-focused organisation, Longman Nigeria Plc places due emphasis on customer insight, product quality and value addition. The company appreciates the crucial role it plays in the development of human capital that is primed for the challenges of the 21st century and beyond. For this reason, the company markets a whole range of books under well known Pearson imprints such as Longman, Ladybird, Heinemann, FT Prentice Hall, Ginn, Rigby, and Penguin, among others. As a learning organisation, the company keeps searching for innovative ways of making education more accessible and enjoyable to people, thus enhancing the quality of life and the socio-economic development of the nation.