Mission

To acquire, process organize, disseminate as well as provide links to information resources to all Nigerians for their educational pursuits and for informed decision making.

The National Library of Nigeria is the apex Library and the giant memory of the nation. It is the intellectual store-house and the data bank of learning in the remembrance process.

Established by Act No.29 of 1970. Its mandate is: to establish and maintain in accordance with this Act, the National Library of Nigeria, and to provide in accordance with this Act such services as in the opinion of the Board are usually provided by national libraries of the highest standing