Nigerian Pidgin English as Our National Language?

Isnt it already? I mean OBJ is always on about been "kanpke"! Especially in public. 

using pidgin english as a second national language is not a bad idea

i beg to differ to some posters idea that once u know how to speak pidgin english u wont know how to use proper english i would tell u thats a big lie

most of us here have a good understanding of both pidgin english and proper english 

i went to a university in nigeria that even if u don't understand pidgin english before u graduate u would know how to manipulate it and so is the case in most nigerian universties talk less of secondary and primary schools


most times have u not noticed that when u bring an mgbeke from the village she picks up pidgin faster and can communicate with it

we can achieve good use of both languages if we just try - mind u,  some of us already have good command of our native languages and that does not affect our english it only in some cases affect our ascent

It might not be in the constitution but pidgin is already an official language in Nigeria, everyone speaks it anyway

as a waffi guy make i yarn my mind. pidgeon na the way forward o. scrap queens english. pidgeon was made for us black human beings,. afterall even though hawk and owl de fly for sky na only one de see for night

I totally agree with you guys

If they do make it official please drop phrases such as "ace sobey" its degrading !!!!

I would like to make a good point about Nigerian Pidgin English, first of all I will classify it as a new Nigerian language which derived from english with the mixture of our own almight languages and culutre, and the English Dictionary classified it as Pidgin because they can't understand it and meanwhile the English language is derived from other European languages (such as Dutch, French, etc) and please people read the history of English then you will know that the English itself was a Pidgin language, but as time goes on the language keep changing.  So who are they to labelled it "Pidgin" just because they don't understand the constructure of the language (Pidgin). I agree that it should be official just like the adopted English.  I also hate calling our own languages vernacular,  I think some of our profs and government don Kolo since 1960s,  )  I beg give me banana before I jump like monkie as baba 70 said.

I'm all for sticking with regular English.

Pidgin was never spoken in our home, my parents spoke to myself and my sisters in English.

I'm bringing my kids up to speak regular English too, not Pidgin.

I hate pidgin English.

I don't think it should become the official language of Nigeria, but it seems many Nigerians love the idea. I think it's a step backwards.

I don't understand why some Naija peeps' hairs are ruffled whenever this issue of Pidgin as an official language is brought up. As others have clearly stated, quite a few standardized or "creole-labeled" languages are recognized as actual languages. Check Seychelles creole (pidgin French) or Jamaican Patois (pidgin English). People in Angola and Sao Tome have their own version of Brazilian Portuguese. Those are languages that started out being "improper" versions of the original language. Y must our speech be exactly like the Brits? Have you heard them rapping their own version of English. Honestly the accents and slangs in that one country alone are mind-boggling! Y e be say Naija peeps go jus dey do unnecessary gra-gra wey e come to our mata? Razness in practice! Besides, there are some things we can say in Pidgin that just won't work within the confines of English (which is a bastardized form of Latin, German and loan words from other romance languages by the way with improper pronounciation - and sometimes spelling - of words like "quid pro quo", "de rigeur" and "tete-a-tete". Y'all don't get me started! Heck even "y'all" is improper English but it's perfectly acceptable to write and say in American English)

Case in point, how can you honestly explain these sentences in English:

"Man bodi no be fayawood"
Or
"Becos you no wan kpai before u die! Lai! Lai!" from 2Face's song, "No Shakin"

A valid language has a cultural expression behind it that may be unfathomable or indescribable in another language or culture. In fact---all the people wey get qualms with pidgin as official language (e don already be unofficial wetin bad 2 remove 2 letters from d front again? Shu-u!) na d peeps wey no sabi rap d tin laik Waffi peeps or common man! I rest my mouth.

Its definitely not pidgin. some similarities, but not pidgin

pidgin/krio, all the say, it just depends on what you want to call it.