MadamExcellency:
Hebrews is our official language East of the Niger that's why we go to Jerusalem on Pilgrimage.

Hebrew must be there for equity and fairness.

How many Igbos understand Hebrew language?

donbenie:
The majority of the North speak HAUSA..
STICK to facts..

The muslim speak or write Arabic. The muslims I repeat

Some idiotic baboons will be saying ignorance here. The first language that colonised Nigeria and not africa countries before the west came was Arabic language. Infact most northern and some southwestern state histories like Osun state was written in arabic. Many of Yoruba dieties documentaries was written and documented in arabic before western colonisation.


Don't be mad. That's the first civilization we had that taught us how to read and write.

politicoNG:


https://twitter.com/adamugarba/status/1585590363716214785?s=19

They should add French, Portuguese, English, Arabic and Chinese languages beside local ones.

IamAsiri:


English is not the language for Christians. It is the official language for the country. Yorubas spoke Yoruba language and the Hausas decided to be speaking Arabic right before colonisation. It has not stopped each region from speaking its native language, but to now be saying that because a region has refused to make the country's official its own, we should include their adopted language as part of the country's official language is unheard of.

English is adopted like Arabic. none stops us from speaking what we want bt the fact is both are generally adopted.

what's the issue with Arabic really??

Include ibo, Yoruba, igala, tiv, idoma, Hausa, kanuri, ngas, jararawa etc. Remove Arabic because it is not our official language .

Badgers14:
They are about to make a mess of this project

It's a mess already

Truthday:
Some idiotic baboons will be saying ignorance here. The first language that colonised Nigeria and not africa countries before the west came was Arabic language. Infact most northern and some southwestern state histories like Osun state was written in arabic. Many of Yoruba dieties documentaries was written and documented in arabic before western colonisation.


Don't be mad. That's the first civilization we had that taught us how to read and write.

And now that English is our lingua franca, must we retain the Arabic?

Use Hebrew writings on it too. Language of the old testament for the christians and symbols of Ifa for the traditionalists

Batam:

These ones are minority abi what is the population of efik and ibibio or ijaw and itshekiri compare to major tribes I mentioned

I insist the re added

hammerT:



U WANT TO THIEF MY IDEA AND GIVE SOWORE.

hahahaha that's Obituary Pandora China, thiefubu g Atiku including kwankwaso for u.

How is Arabic our official language.

OP, are you sure that guy wasn't on ogbomoso loud

jaxxy:


English is adopted like Arabic. none stops us from speaking what we want bt the fact is both are generally adopted.

what's the issue with Arabic really??

Arabic was not adopted by the country "Nigeria" and that is what is wrong. So, you shouldn't foist it on us by force. English was foisted on us due to colonisation and it became our official language. Both languages were not adopted officially.

IamAsiri:


Arabic was not adopted by the country "Nigeria" and that is what is wrong. So, you shouldn't foist it on us by force. English was foisted on us due to colonisation and it became our official language. Both languages were not adopted officially.

an adopted language isn't neccessarily foisted. As for Arabic is was adopted by the muslims and majority of the north who are part of Nigeria.

u cannot dictate to them like they can't dictate to u. Nigeria is mixed religious and we must always acknowledge and accept it.

sotall:
When did Arabic become Nigeria's official language?

The indirect imposition of middle east culture religiously inherited by some Nigerians is pungent and frowsky.

Its a cunny attempt to impose certain religious factors into our national life.

I tire oh!

Is Arabic one of our official languages??

jaxxy:


an adopted language isn't neccessarily foisted. As for Arabic is was adopted by the muslims and majority of the north who are part of Nigeria.

u cannot dictate to them like they can't dictate to u. Nigeria is mixed religious and we must always acknowledge and accept it.

The fact that some people decided to adopt it because they like it doesn't make it official. I am sure you know this. There is no way you can argue it; what is unofficial is unofficial.

Umsworld:
The ARABIC written on the naira note is Hausa and not anything ISLAMIC

Just like the LABOUR PARTY Governorship candidate in kano used in his signage

It is called AJAMI

It can be read by an average hausa man who didnt attent WESTERN BASED CURRICULUM SCHOOLS(ENGLISH)

In essence BOKO HARAM !!! There fixed it for yaa

IamAsiri:


The fact that some people decided to adopt it because they like it doesn't make it official. I am sure you know this. There is no way you can argue it; what is unofficial is unofficial.

Nothing is official. Both are adopted. A mass majority matters u cannot ignore them.

Umsworld:
The ARABIC written on the naira note is Hausa and not anything ISLAMIC

Just like the LABOUR PARTY Governorship candidate in kano used in his signage

It is called AJAMI

It can be read by an average hausa man who didnt attent WESTERN BASED CURRICULUM SCHOOLS(ENGLISH)

why wasn't it written like that in all languages, Oga rest abeg. Abi nah we say make them no go school ni.

IamAsiri:


The fact that some people decided to adopt it because they like it doesn't make it official. I am sure you know this. There is no way you can argue it; what is unofficial is unofficial.

100 percent

jaxxy:


Nothing is official. Both are adopted. A mass majority matters u cannot ignore them.

English is official. Go and find out and stop embarrassing yourself. Or better still, let me help you.

https://translatorswithoutborders.org/language-data-nigeria#:~:text=The%20official%20language%20is%20English,are%20all%20used%20in%20Nigeria.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Nigeria

IamAsiri:


English is official. Go and find out and stop embarrassing yourself. Or better still, let me help you.

https://translatorswithoutborders.org/language-data-nigeria#:~:text=The%20official%20language%20is%20English,are%20all%20used%20in%20Nigeria.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Nigeria

ok beautiful bt Arabic is widely adopted bt not official.

like I said its to foster unity not disaffection or intolerance.

jaxxy:


ok beautiful bt Arabic is widely adopted bt not official.

like I said its to foster unity not disaffection or intolerance.

But you kept trying to prove how unofficial English is.
Anyway, to foster unity, they should include all the major languages in Nigeria or just leave the official language on it. What irks me is the fact that a clown who says he was a presidential aspirant refers to arabic as an official language in Nigeria. Thank God he is not the president .

Terrorist Arabic kill you there, Idiioot.

IamAsiri:


But you kept trying to prove how unofficial English is.
Anyway, to foster unity, they should include all the major languages in Nigeria or just leave the official language on it. What irks me is the fact that a clown who says he was a presidential aspirant refers to arabic as an official language in Nigeria. Thank God he is not the president .

it's not official bt it's recognised by a majority. That's quite acceptable for inclusiveness since many up north don't speak English the official language.

jaxxy:


it's not official bt it's recognised by a majority. That's quite acceptable for inclusiveness since many up north don't speak English the official language.

Just a region out of how many? That's marginalisation of other regions which is what we don't want. That's not "bringing unity", but rather supremacy of a particular region which leads to disunity.

Why the inclusion of Arabic language again when the corntree isn't a Muslim corntree

IamAsiri:


Just a region out of how many? That's marginalisation of other regions which is what we don't want. That's not "bringing unity", but rather supremacy of a particular region which leads to disunity.

incorrect. it's not just a region bt also a religious group. They are significant.

I know southwest Muslims who also study Arabic.

jaxxy:


incorrect. it's not just a region bt also a religious group. They are significant.

I know southwest Muslims who also study Arabic.

Wow, jaxxy my old foe/friend (from my past life as TM something). How do u do?

sotall:
When did Arabic become Nigeria's official language?

The indirect imposition of middle east culture religiously inherited by some Nigerians is pungent and frowsky.

Its a cunny attempt to impose certain religious factors into our national life.

bro , look deeper into your analysis.. we are a nation with people of heterogeneous characters.. English represents Christianity to the Muslims the way Arabic represents Islam to Christians... and they are just languages.. so for equality I agree they shud both be on the new notes

jaxxy:


incorrect. it's not just a region bt also a religious group. They are significant.

I know southwest Muslims who also study Arabic.

So? Some people studied Yoruba too as a language. Southwest Muslims who studied Arabic can read English language as most of them went to school. If Hausa language is the issue, then they should write dubu naira instead of the Arabic on 1000 naira notes and and so on.

Some of these your Hausa people... don't they have accounts? How were they able to open accounts in various banks? Why didn't they insist on Arabic account opening forms or why didn't they write their names in Arabic and see their forms thrown out into the dustbin?

unscripted:
bro , look deeper into your analysis.. we are a nation with people of heterogeneous characters.. English represents Christianity to the Muslims the way Arabic represents Islam to Christians... and they are just languages.. so for equality I agree they shud both be on the new notes

English does not represent Christianity. Please don't get this wrong. Some Odu Ifa books are written in English language. English language is the nation's official language.

IamAsiri:


So? Some people studied Yoruba too as a language. Southwest Muslims who studied Arabic can read English language as most of them went to school. If Hausa language is the issue, then they should write dubu naira instead of the Arabic on 1000 naira notes and and so on.

Some of these your Hausa people... don't they have accounts? How were they able to open accounts in various banks? Why didn't they insist on Arabic account opening forms or why didn't they write their names in Arabic and see their forms thrown out into the dustbin?

I'm not hausa. I don't have to be hausa to understand what hausa feel or face same with other tribes. We are all from.same creator..

there should be a sense if inclusiveness. same way I fight for that for igbos I have same energy for other regions and tribes especially major ones.