Yoruba language: South-West, Kogi, Kwara commissioners meet March 3.

In a bid to protect, preserve and promote the Yoruba language, Commissioners of Education in the six South-West States and Kwara and Kogi states will meet in Ibadan, Oyo State on March 3, 2022.

A statement from the organiser of the meeting, Yoruba World Centre, noted that the commissioners would be joined by chairmen of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria and chairpersons of Committee on Education in the South-West and Kwara and Kogi states Houses of Assembly.

YWC noted that the meeting would also consider institutional backing for scholars and private sectors for the promotion of the Yoruba language.

Part of the statement read, “This meeting, the first of its kind in recent times and in Collaboration with Oodua Investment Plc and DAWN Commission, is to discuss extensively on the coming annual Yoruba Language Millionaire Contest among secondary schools in all Yoruba-speaking states, a programme meant for the reclaim of Yoruba youths hooked to foreign ways of life.

“We have gotten in touch with all the commissioners, holding meetings personally with some of them, and they are so glad to have a meeting where such promotion of the Yoruba language will be discussed in order to have it used as a tool for development, nation-building, youth empowerment, national unity and peaceful co-existence.

“The meeting is going to serve as a hub for Yoruba language development, where institutional backing shall be given to efforts from scholars and private sectors to the promotion of Yoruba language, re-establishing it as a language of commerce and development.”


Others expected to attend are the Group Managing Director of Oodua Investment Plc, Director General of Dawn Commission and Coordinator of Yoruba World Centre, who will be the hosts.

Also, President and Secretary of the Yoruba Secondary School Teachers Association, Egbe Akomolede, President of Yoruba Studies Association and Managing Director of University Press Limited are expected to attend.

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OP remove Edo.

Edo shouldn’t be there. The report clearly said the 6 SW states, Kogi, and Kwara.

LegendHero:
OP remove Edo.

Edo shouldn’t be there. The report clearly said the 6 SW states, Kogi, and Kwara.

Ah ah?

Are you now scared of Edo state people? You shouldn't be scared of their mouth....

Highest na so so curse Dem go curse the hell out of una for this thread but let the right thing stand.

The list is not complete. Edo state should be added to the list. There is embodiments of oduduwa fully structured in the state and her history.

Afterall the monarch in Benin is of Yoruba descent and the palace language Yoruba.

We can't use because of petty logic and weak points and neglect other ooduas.

Osagyefo98:


Ah ah?

Are you now scared of Edo state people?

Lol, Edo are not important to the Yoruba, so why should they be added?

Also, we Yorubas do not have the culture of forcing people to belong. Everything we need is within!

What is fulani slaves kwara doing there?? Rubbish

Fantastic.. I so much love this.

Yoruba ni mi, e ma je n sonu.. k'ede ma sonu, k'asa ma se sonu.

#Proudly Odua.

May Eledumare continue to fill our lovely hearts with ideas and innovations to better the Yoruba race and preserve the Yoruba culture. Amen!

Part of Edo should be there

iyapont:
What is kwara doing there?? Rubbish

This is why below!

The Yorubas in those two states have consistently demanded to be part of the SW. They are Yoruba first, Yoruba second, & Yoruba last.

https://punchng.com/yoruba-in-kwara-kogi-demand-merger-with-south-west/

LegendHero:


Lol, Edo is not important to the Yorubas, so why should they be added?

Also, we Yorubas do not have the culture of forcing people to belong. Everything we need is within!

Don't say such. Everyone and everybody is important to oodua be it in her republic or Nigeria.

You can use because of sentiments and throw away the beautiful bride.

They are as Important as other states mentioned.

You might see their importance tomorrow when the need arises.

Iyen na da. E ku ise takun takun.

LegendHero:


This is why below!

The Yorubas in those two states have consistently demanded to be part of the SW. They are Yoruba first, Yoruba second, & Yoruba last.

https://punchng.com/yoruba-in-kwara-kogi-demand-merger-with-south-west/

I don't rate them, they behave like animals

iyapont:
What is fulani slaves kwara doing there?? Rubbish

Fulanis in Kwara are not more than 10%

iyapont:
What is fulani slaves kwara doing there?? Rubbish

We've said it several times here that Kwara is predominantly Yoruba with other tribes in the minority. Stop being an ignoramus okay?

blamingthedevil:


Fulanis in Kwara are not more than 10%

I know sir

flokii:


We've said it several times here that Kwara is predominantly Yoruba with other tribes in the minority. Stop being an ignoramus okay?

Your opinion to me they are not

This cowardly attempt at land grabbing is already dead on arrival.
I expect the indigenous owners of Kwara and Kogi to speak out and condemn this daylight attempt to impose a strange culture and language on others.

Modified

The point is not if there are Yorubas in Kwara and Kogi; rather it is if these two places are Yoruba lands.
Are there no Yorubas who have been living in the USA for a very long time? Does that make the USA a Yoruba land? The answer is no.
How then can Yorubas go to another person's land and start imposing their language and culture in the name of promoting their language?
That's the same thing Yorubas opposed vehemently when they stated that Fulanis in the SW are all immigrants and as such, don't have the right to demand for their culture and tradition to be practised in SW; same way they also opposed the 'Eze' title of the Igbos in SW.

iyapont:
I don't rate them, they behave like animals

Good

iyapont:
What is fulani slaves kwara doing there?? Rubbish

Kwara only have few Fulani, if you have been to Kwara state.
Kwara state is full Yoruba state

Some yoruba tribes/region in kwara should have their state... Same with d okun region In kogi state that have been sidelined by the igalas and now ibiras

[quote author=flokii post=110335104]Fantastic.. I so much love this.

Yoruba ni mi, e ma je n sonu.. k'ede ma sonu, k'asa ma se sonu.

#Proudly Odua.

May Eledumare continue to fill our lovely hearts with ideas and innovations to better the Yoruba race and preserve the Yoruba culture. Amen! Amen. Yoruba nation now! Now!

LegendHero:
OP remove Edo.

Edo shouldn’t be there. The report clearly said the 6 SW states, Kogi, and Kwara.

Where did you see Edo state in there?

Just imagine if this where to be Ohaneze calling for Igbo speaking in River state, delta, Benue and Akwa Ibom for a meeting. All the comment would have being IKWERE no be igbo, delta no be igbo e.t.c. But I always trust igbo people, they always stay away any thread that do not concern them except when you decided to attack them. The reason I make this know to them is to see difference between them and igbos.

seunny4lif:

Kwara only have few Fulani, if you have been to Kwara state.
Kwara state is full Yoruba state

I lived there for 4years

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Edo and delta should be there

iyapont:
I lived there for 4years

Ok, does it change the fact that it’s a Yoruba state.
Or you are mixing them be mostly Muslims has been Fulani?

Osagyefo98:
The list is not complete. Edo state should be added to the list. There is embodiments of oduduwa fully structured in the state and her history.

Afterall the monarch in Benin is of Yoruba descent and the palace language Yoruba.

We can't use because of petty logic and weak points and neglect other ooduas.

yoruba are not like ibo who do attache by force,after all edo are not important to us

Yoruba is the major tribe, and language of Nigeria. Also the most popular.
Even most Igbos speak Yoruba. Yoruba should be the official second language of Nigeria.