Make I see as I go learn left hand for old age .
We never even learn our own native languages, even English wey they give us since 19 Abraham we never learn. Na french we go come learn?
Nigerians been copying other people since creation, the government been running around the problems instead of solving them.
who are they even trying to fool? they're just looking for a new means to steal the remaining money in Nigeria if not, how on earth would they ever think that french or any language is the problem we have in the Educational sector is french? rubbish!

Naija sef, dey pinch you, dey blow you breeze

What are we doing with French language? I think this govt should focus on more important issues.

Tres bon idee....je parle francais et j'aime lalangue francaise...c'est tout!

devour129:
you are the one who needs to do a little research. Official language of Canada is majorly English .about 22 per or so speak French . Do your research then come back and apologise to the world .

LOL. Guys like you don't fail to amaze.

Check ttmcoys' earlier 'post', and 'reply', and convince yourself of how much sense you'r making.

Really? French more important than mandarin? [s]how many top countries speck French aside France?[/s] Spanish is spoken by Latin american countries as well as a major language in the US.

The number of speakers is a strong indication of the importance of the language.

So if Canada's official language is English and French, would indicating just 'English' be a correct answer in a test question?

My dear, you can avail yourself the opportunity of reading my earlier posts and comments, I rarely say anything theoretically, I've lived most of them.

P.S. Contrary to your 'previous knowledge', French is the official language of over 45 lands, or 32 countries. I hope you've learnt something new today -- we learn everyday son.

Add the below to your wealth of knowledge:

French is second only to English for the number of countries where it has official status – 32 as opposed to 45. And, with 56 members, f La Francophonie is is now larger than the Commonwealth, which has 53.

French is also the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world, with 100 million students and 2 million teachers – 20 % of whom are outside of francophone countries.

Between 6 and 11 million Americans speak French, as does half the population of Algeria, and 15 percent of Israelis.

French is still a working language of the UN, the EU, and dozens of international organizations including the International Red Cross committee, International Labor Organization, Amnesty International, and Doctors without Borders. Francophone countries form an important bloc in the UN, the EU, the African Union, and the Arab League.

Two G-8 countries (France and Canada) and six European countries (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Romania, Luxembourg, Monaco) are French-speaking countries.

France is the most visited country in the world with 75 million tourists every year.

wow change indeed, the next in line would be Arabic compulsory for all. don't I just love this president, I would have thought security in the north would have been more compulsory than making French mandatory, "these leaders are jokers".

That's a great idea from the FG, I earn about 25,000 monthly as translator from Mandarin to English in markets/business transactions and also as a translator from French to English. Well, as for those of you saying you'd prefer Spanish, well, Spanish is totally almost useless in Nigeria except you wanna live in Western USA or latin america (which most nigerians don't do). So for Nigerians, I think French and Chinese are the best options.

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worry359:


****
French is well down the list and only spoken in backwater countries! (Like France!)
If a Nigerian politician is saying this it is only because of the "gifts" that he has been given!

That is in population , in spread it is second only to English.

worry359:


But it's STILL No 18 WITH only a pathetic 1.1%
But I can see that you are a little boy child with low intelligence who does not know any better.
If you love France / French so much why do you not go there?

You're not so bright yourself

ttmacoy:
Really? French more important than mandarin? how many top countries speck French aside France?

I can't believe you're asking this question , even in Africa there are numerous countries speaking french

Nonsense!
All our neighbours have learnt and are still learning English.
That's good enough.
Even in France, English is widely spoken and understood by a significant population especially the learned.

Yendysthesage:

Oh dear , very daft , are we? It's not even in the first ten list of most spoken languages in the world. The only reason we are learning is because we live a region surrounded by francophones , I am better of learning mandarin or Hindi.

After you learn Mandarin finish just move go China or its neighbouring countries to use the language

asEdeyHOT:

I dont have time to educate you sir
Read excerpts of my post below
Read and learn. Make sure you absorb it before you reply me.

Na you get time to dey answer them

989900:


Even if you have not been privileged to travel wide, a little research could come handy.

French is the official language in over 45 countries/lands.

I guess if you were asked, what is the official language of Canada; you'd say English.

Canada is bilingual and has two official languages - English and French.

dannywest01:
It's a welcome development from our government. At least our children will be diversed. French is the most commonly spoken language of the world.

Commonly spoken ke? Where u go throway Mandarin?

I don't think it is a good idea. Why should French be made compulsory when Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa Languages are now optional in our schools including history. Who are those formulating this retrogressive policies?

dannywest01:
. I have always known you to be a fool. Keep it up and I'm sure by the time the are nominating fool of the year nominees, you will make the list. gay

He called you stupid and you called him a fool and gay and yet you are still crying.WHO ACTUALLY DESERVED TO BE VOTED FOR, I HEREBY NOMINATE YOU.

ttmacoy:
Where did you get that from?

The most common language by number of people are Mandarin, Spanish, English, Arabic and Hindi. French comes in a distant 18th.

While I see the benefit in being multi lingual, I don't understand why it has to be French. Why not make it mandatory for our students to study a second international language and give them the choice. We are not a former French colony who have lots of dealings with France, and French is not our official language so why does it have to be french?

The reasons were given in the article, yet you don't understand?

SMH!

French as second lingual-franca? Very myopic. The country should rather go for Chinese. Chinese is more of grass-root than French. Economically, there is almost nothing the world power can come up with today that the Chinese will not spring a surprise. In fact, they have come a long way to take over our economy in the areas where the world power had kept secretly for us over decades: Electricity, Construction, telecom, rail transport, Alternate to power supply. I am sure they will have their own science around manufacturing of weapons. FGN, Wake-up think of future and not immediate nor personal gain.

When i neva fit speak eng finishi still dey struggle to construct simple english.na God go judge this man.he must be high on weed

wiseoneking:
He called you stupid and you called him a fool and gay and yet you are still crying.WHO ACTUALLY DESERVED TO BE VOTED FOR, I HEREBY NOMINATE YOU.

You should just shut up because we have both moved on... If you want to start from where we stopped no problem...More grease to ur elbow..

This is another way of putting our indigenous languages to the gutter.

Continue

Thats a good idea although french was thought during my jss class those days but i have forgot almost everything now

ekpotek:
I support this move. I think Nigerian should be bilingual in the face of French neigbours. It will help in economic integration of the region. Added to French, Chinese and Arabic should also be taught in Public schools. Thses are the languages of the future.

Why can't we be like China? Build your economy and let people learn your language. French has no economic importance. why learn the lang?" The English that is our lingua franca, how many Nigerians(students) do we have that can actually speak the language correctly?

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neoapocalypse:


After you learn Mandarin finish just move go China or its neighbouring countries to use the language

Yes o and open a business that would cater for over 1.3 billion people

Yendysthesage:
Yes o and open a business that would cater for over 1.3 billion people

For your mind , the Chinese are not that liberal.

Yendysthesage:
Yes o and open a business that would cater for over 1.3 billion people

For your mind , the Chinese are not that liberal.

neoapocalypse:



For your mind , the Chinese are not that liberal.

Yet one of the richest Nigerians under 40 owns a brewery there , where there is a will and smarts to accompany it , there is a way

the average Hausa man been having difficulties speaking even pidgin English since 13AD. now una want make he learn French join. kai danbruba!!!

confused government. why not make it compulsory where an igbo will learn Hausa language and a Yoruba Igbo language to foster national unity? Ndi ala

What positive things have we gained from France?

worry359:


****
French is well down the list and only spoken in backwater countries! (Like France!)
If a Nigerian politician is saying this it is only because of the "gifts" that he has been given!

we're srrounded by french speaking countries genius

meforyou1:
where will they get the teachers from?

the govt can embark on rigorous training of those interested in it and upgrade those who are currently in the field with latest training skills. It's not something hard to do.