Kano State Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mr. Sanusi Abdulrasheed, has lamented that 89 per cent of corps members in the country could neither write good application nor communicate effectively in English Language.

He stated that the majority of the corps members were more at home with the use of “broken English” as a means of communication.

Mr. Abdulrasheed made the disturbing disclosure yesterday in Kano during the passing out parade (POP ) of the present batch of corps members, where he noted that the findings were based on a nationwide research facilitated by the management of the scheme.

He told outgoing corps members: “ I don’t want you to feel insulted, but it is a statement of fact. The management of NYSC noticed one thing in you; that a bulk of you were not communicating effectively in English.


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That's bloody..... But i think the percent is kindly over-rated.

This is no more a new thing, instead of tackling the way out. Taking a disciple step like testing them before encamping them will give a sit up notice to them. And providing the consequences of not passing the Oral and writing test, like giving them no way to camp with the successful ones or repeating the camp the following year. I was once a victim of this but I went on researches to develop myself and God helped me. If I can improve, it means these people can improve too. It is a matter of willingness.

Excelboi: That's bloody..... But i think the percent is kindly over-rated.

On what is your doubt based? This is the report of a research.

I suggest NYSC conducts aptitude tests for prospective corp members b4 camping!lol

If the indigenisation of the office of VC, quota professors, quota students don't destroy Nigeria, nothing else can.

89% Hehehehe

Even the grammar, syntax, standard of Logic displayed in Nairaland by graduates is too embarrassing. The verb 'to be' seem to be too difficult for 95% of contributing writers, even in Newspapers and Magazines.

The Kano state coordinator who made this assertion is a joke, did he conduct a research to arrive at this conclusion? So because a larger percentage of Kano corpers can't communicate in queens english means those in other states can't as well....He just dug out figures from his dansiki..
Abegiiiii.

ruffneck: I suggest NYSC conducts aptitude tests on prospective corp members b4 camping!lol

probably NYSC should start with you, because the one sentence you wrote above is even flawed

Then the teacher don teach nonsense be that.

Pls, what can i do to be able to speak good English? I really need help.

Excelboi: That's bloody..... But i think the percent is kindly over-rated.

Communicate effectively. That, i think is a percentage closer to reality than you can imagine.

As I see NYSC na him make I open am


Abeg wetin them talk say the Bros talk?

The title suppose to be 89perct of northern students cannot communicate in English Language. Bar Turenchi.

Mr coodinator is English our mother tongue ? If not we don try with the little wey we dey speak

Ok o...i think Mr yuzedo need to read this news. Over to you yuzedo, please prove them wrong.

Hmmmm.

that should be in kano

This is highly misleading.

Hehhheeee pidgin sweet dye ,especially the warri type ,make dem leave us jor,
I suggest it shuld be embraced, even Oxford indicated Nigerian English at the global English section.

if what is normally posted on nairaland is anything to go by (since majority of its users are students upward), i will agree with this.

Tell dem say make dem speak or write am for pidgin, dem go dey form.

We want facts based on research and not mere speculations!

blame it on ASUU

Reason why most parents will teach their children English at the expense of their native languages.

And these are the people sent to teach our future leaders...

9ja i hail thee

Lmao ASUU!!!
89% is a lie, actually.

ckkris: Even the grammar, syntax, standard of Logic displayed in Nairaland by graduates is too embarrassing. The verb 'to be' seem to be too difficult for 95% of contributing writers, even in Newspapers and Magazines.

Kemy11: The title suppose to be 89perct of northern students cannot communicate in English Language. Bar Turenchi.

Look @ them

I doubt the authenticity of this report, besides; when you sit at home because of what hell of a struggle called ASUU strike because some set of people dont want to grant some bunch of selfish/selfless people...you wont be able to lay your hands on who to blame..gracias obrigaaado!!