Nigeria may still remain a developing nation unless
We make our mother tongue our official language- China speak their mother tongue, America do, England do, etc. Have you ever wonder why Africa is still underdeveloped. In Asia a poor illiterate farmer who just discovered a great discovery in the village would not be afraid to confront a university profesor, since they use their mother tongue as lingual franca. So he won't have much problem in expressing his new discovery. But here in Nigeria, even if a poor man got a wonderful and life changing discovery that may turn the world around,he won't be able to speak up due to his inability to communicate in English language. Even his investment ability may be unable to 'sprout'. He may eventually build up a small scale enterprise with little assistance from government. Thank God Dangote can speak English, if not, do you think he can be build up such business, he may have been somewhere now with his idea stuck in his head without been it expressed. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THEIR LIKE THIS MAN Who would have built up this nation with their high intellect. But their inability to express themselves in English language won't permit. I want to tell you i really support the use of our mother tongue as our official means of communicating with one another in schools, offices etc learning would be easier in our schools. I am telling you there are geniuses among the so called illiterates who live amidsts us in Nigeria. Those people are highly scientifically creative and highly obervant like any other person in Europe ,ASIA etc. But their inability to communicate in English had shup their mouth up making them feel inferior and discouraged. Some eventually die with their talents. I'm sure this country had lost so many Albert Einstein as a result of this. Let us use our language and you would see HOW WE WOULD DEVELOP IN SUCH A SMALL TIME like other countries like China,USA etc

In economics, underdevelopment is when resources are not used to their full socio-economic potential, with the result that local or regional development is slower in most cases than it should be. Furthermore, it results from the complex interplay of internal and external factors that allow less developed countries only a lop-sided development progression. Underdeveloped nations are characterized by a wide disparity between their rich and poor populations, and an unhealthy balance of trade.[1] Symptoms of underdevelopment include lack of access to job opportunities, health care, drinkable water, food, education and housing.
Nigeria is underdeveloped country

Hmmmm... No doubt! our mother tongue is facing real challenges. Just as there is need to revive our mother tongue there is also need to utilise our resources to the fullest, efficient resource distribution and minimize all forms of corruptions, we will become better.

We have 3 major languages and over 200 in total. Which one will be our official language?