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| Federal Government Has Condemned The Use Of "Naija" In Place Of Nigeria, by mandsignal(m): 10:04am On May 23, 2012 |
The Federal Government has condemned in strong terms the use of "Naija" in place of Nigeria, saying that such usage is "very uncharitable and unpatriotic". Minister of Information and Communication, Prof. Dora Akunyili, made the remarks while receiving the participants of Heir Apparent Reality Show in her office in Abuja yesterday. Akunyili, who frowned on the continuous misrepresentation of the country's official name in place of a "corrupt" version, said: "It is very offensive to call Nigeria 'Naija'. We are making plans to write companies to stop using the word Naija. I have heard that name Naija in adverts. I want them to go back and remove that word. "If anybody says this is Naija, ask the person, 'Where is Naija?' We have to stop this word because it is catching up with the young. If we don't put a stop to its usage now, it will continue to project us wrongly." The minister's condemnation was prompted by a sentence in the presentation of the visiting group where "our world is Naija" was inserted. Akunyili, who fervently spoke against the use of the word, ordered that the sentence be removed from the programme and changed to "our world is Nigeria". "Naija" is obviously a Nigerianised form of Niger, from where Nigeria derived its name. The word is popularly used by musicians, artistes, advert managers and corporate companies and it could be positive or negative, although it is being used more positively in recent times. It is believed to be trendier and is used by the younger generation. Though no official condemnation of the word has been made, several reports have warned of the consequence of the usage of such words among the youths. Earlier, the minister commended the group for what she called patriotic creativity in their new jingles, saying: "This is the greatest success we have recorded in the rebranding Nigeria project." She further assured the participants that the ministry would ensure that its jingles on rebranding project were replaced with the ones on Heir Apparent once the correction on the Naija word was effected. Also speaking, Bonat Tagwi, who represented the Director General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr Idi Farouk, sponsors of the reality show, said the programme was meant to replicate government's effort towards the young, whereby the ideals of leadership would be inculcated on them.  |
| Re: Federal Government Has Condemned The Use Of "Naija" In Place Of Nigeria, by LogicMind: 11:50am On May 23, 2012 |
seun, oya, time to update your auto-correct bot. |
| Re: Federal Government Has Condemned The Use Of "Naija" In Place Of Nigeria, by mandsignal(m): 11:52am On Nov 11, 2012 |
 Logic Mind: seun, oya, time to update your auto-correct bot. |
| Re: Federal Government Has Condemned The Use Of "Naija" In Place Of Nigeria, by Nobody: 12:13pm On Nov 11, 2012 |
Fffucking old story. |
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