Arabic Words and Letters on Naira Notes

The reason why we have arabic writing on the nigerian money is that it is a compromise of some sort.
at the time the naira came out the people of nigeria were sadly greatly divided.
north were dominated by arabic influence, nd thus were muslims
The south which was dominated by english influence became mostly christian, (except for some yoruba people who i dont know how but are muslim)
English Ajisafe, you may not believe, is a language dominated by chirsitians if we are to look at the religious connection
Arabic obvioudly is a language dominated by ISLAM. In fact many muslims are still educated in Arabic.

So back to the money issue>>
when the money was made most hausa people did not know how to readin english, this did not make them illiterate. Is a Saudi man Illitirate because all he knows is arabic? NO!!
Imagine what the response would have been from other major ethnic groups from nigeria if they had put hausa language on the money?
They too would have demended for their languages to be on the money which would have caused mass confusion>

The arabic words on the money just say the amount of the money in arabic that is that
Dont forget Hausa people have been a major force in the nigerian market.
In fact most trading in the north including the middle belt is done in Hausa laguage

And i truely believe that language is more than just language
Just like culture is more than just culture
tome it is essentially who you are, you must know where u have been to know where u are going

@ajisafe. true that, but that doesnt also make you anybodies mouthpiece!....... drinking panadol for someone elses headache and spreading hate!.....

What a cheap shot!

pls whats all the story bout? who cares whats on the note as long as i've got it to spend when i want it. whatever its significance, na those wen put am go worry abi now?

Can somebody lock this  post? 

Wow! this is one big question that has always been on my mind, why is the arabic inscription on the naira note?

Someone asked how can this fill his stomach, i think this is part of the attitude problem that has kept us down this long. The truth of the matter is Nigeria does not need all this grand moves for change because the little things we usally overlook are the things that make us who we are.

Let me give the conspiracy theorist some to bite on. why is there an Arabic inscription the Nigerian Army's coat of arms. Think about it Secular State abi.

What's all this crap about wether your yoruba or hausa or muslim or christian. I personally think the arabic inscriptions on the naira is cool. In educational facilities all around the world mottos are sometimes written in latin, now you may say what's the point of that is it cos latin sounds cool or something, it's simply cos latin is the source of english and many other languages and it is a knowledge language. Arabs wether we like it or not are a part of Nigeria's history, around 45% of Nigerians are muslims so can't we just sit down and think and realise itmmeans something maybe not to christians or athiests but it isa part of this nationnnnnnnnnnn. Now to finish of ona good note peace y'alllll and keep rooing for the super eagles

I was telling my pops this as well......trust me the muslims control a lot you dont about.......the reason our flag is that colour is also because green and white are muslim countries..check out the colours of MoST muslim countries and you'll see......

hmmmmmn!!!
dont like the arabic inscriptions on our notes? then write your representative(if he is not too busy politiking in abuja) to raise the issue on the floor and lets get to the root of the whole issue or better yet, give me all the notes you have with arabic inscriptions you dont like. capice?

I want to make a public apology for what i said a while back about wondering how Yourba people are muslim, Thank You for enlightening me on the subject ajisafe

well WE wrote on OUR naira the arabic translation of the currency amounts 

Chxta that is wrong. It is in The Arabic Dialect. IT does not translate to Hauasa

Na una sabi.

Which of them, and why are you disappointed let us join minds. . .

Hello my pple, i read all about what u had said about Arabic words and Letters on Naira Notes. Lets me starts this way that Aabic words u are seeing on the Naira notes is not a sign of whether u're Muslim, number 1, secondly the northerners was well organised b4 coming of the colonial masters, they have there ways of governance. 1st point, the Hausas was using that pattern of writing with that same of the Arabic text b4 the colonial came to Naija, when they came and met the Hausas their own ways 4 them to avoid problems they aloud them with their system in to government, because in the history of Africa, i mean the whole of Africa Sir Abubakar Tabawa Balewa was called with a title by the white pple " The golden voice of Africa" if all of u could remember this, whats the big deal about Arabic letters in Nig. notes, the other English words in Nig. notes it's your FATHER'S words. lets be sincere to our selfs, the person ahead of u is always ahead of u.  SHEGU DAYAN AKUYOYI.

Thats so cool, no more arabic and english words!