₦airaland Forum

mars123:
it is clear you don't like Buhari, dont even try denying. I have seen the French president grant interviews in English. if he can do that, why can't Buhari grant interviews in hausa moreover, Buhari on that same day and place did the interview in hausa, and after that in English. check YouTube for confirmation. You wailers cannot just take a break, and it's not that you have done a background check before creating a thread.

This is not about wailing, please don't get me wrong. He should stop granting formal interviews in Hausa, that's all I am saying.

murphyibiam15:
no mind hypocrites who have sold their souls to the devil and their conscience buried in hell fire
gays everybody

Epic!

simonlee:
If you love this country, you wouldn't be here talking about what language he's speaking and what he's not speaking. We have more serious things to debate about in this country. It just pains me to see Nigerians trying to make a big deal out of little things that mean less, at a time like this.

I love this country, that is why I am not okay with this situation, it fosters disunity, it's not good

themilanway:
Spot on bro.

Funny enough they usually start their needless epistle with"This is not anti-Buhari.....This is not anti APC....."

I don't care the language he grants interview with so long he gets the job done.That's what I voted him for not to nitpick on his accent or language.

Bloody hypocrites and ethnic fools,and they are. Complaining about Nigeria not working

Why shouldn't you care about this? I am sure you were one of those people laughing at PEJ, why shouldn't it bother you now?

Decibel:
In other news, Hausa is the official language in Aso rock as we speak. Buhari is a sectional leader with bigotry engrained in his DNA.

Hmmmm, deep.

simonlee:
Have you ever come across Buhari speaking hausa in a formal gathering?
Let's be realistic about this now. President Buhari doesn't address the nation in his native tongue, as far as I know.
Honestly, I think you're just one of those haters who are gathering your fellow walkers to pick on our dear president.
If you don't like Buhari, kindly pack your bags and leave the country. Return in 2019 and vote him out. Finish!

Where did you hear me say i don't like Buhari? Be nice now, why are you trying to drive me away from my own country?

valarinz:
I usually look forward to listening to President buhari speak in English, not so much for the content of his speech, but to enjoy(sarcastically) his thick accent while he's at it

Lmao, I like hearing him say "Pighting Kuaruption"

Immatex:
You believe in one Nigeria.

He Believes in Northern Nigeria.

Hmmmm, I guess this is the reality of things atm

CC: lalasticlala @Mynd44 let's get more inputs on this

Immatex:
It's either he speaks to foreign media or speaks in Hausa to foreign media.

In Nigeria he only reads scripts prepared for him by others.

Sparingly he makes passive comments to journalist in Nigeria.

Yet before election he was even on Narialand, claimed he owned an IPad, Facebook page, Instagram account and twitter account just to reach the widest audience with unrealistic exaggerated promises.

Since he won he left the showbiz business to speak Hausa.

I agree, don't think he can converse without reading scripts.

Where is Ghana? Lolz

This is not an Anti-party thread, rather it is one that I hope will inspire national consciousness regardless of the party you support.

It is rather worrisome that we have been reading translated versions of formal interviews granted by our dear president. Many of us will like to receive first-hand information on such interviews granted to the media.

Here are a few other reasons why I think we should be a bit concerned about this trend:

1) English is our official language and as a president who believes in one Nigeria, PMB should lead by example and uphold this for the sake of national unity

2) Granting formal interviews in his mother tongue makes some of us view him only by his ethnicity, this is not too good, as we already have the challenge of finding unity in our diversity.

3) It gives undue importance to one language over others

4) It further helps to aggravate people from other regions and promotes disunity

5) Our youths are highly educated and for him to appear as such, he should communicate in Englishlanguage because it is used as the main medium of education in our country

6) More Northerners who appear to prefer speaking their dialect will want to learn English If our president uses it as a medium of communication and this will increase interest in education.

7) Past presidents avoided this for the above reasons, hence he should do same

While I support learning and speaking our mother tongue especially in informal situations, note that I mentioned that this should be avoided by our president in "Formal interviews" and other "Formal engagements"

I Believe in one Nigeria.

To every rumour, there is an element of truth.

Stop lying to us Mr. Lie Mhmd

Get a job in U.S and ask your employer to begin the initial application for you. This is what is applicable in UK, i should think it is the same for US too.

JayJustus:
i called first bank and enquired and they told me i'm good to go...also there are other ways of getting money from nigeria...so just whollup there

When you receive it, post the receipt like you did previously, if this is true then Firstbank could be fined seriously for this. Besides money laundering which other way do you think you can get money from here? You are in for it! You better start looking for work or you will starve.

See what Mr. Lie has caused

kelvinclint:
.Girls need to be taught to see beyond marriage.
.
An average Nigerian girl, or say African girls in a broader scope wants to grow up, finish school and just get married. Nothing limits a woman as much as this. A man plans his life thus-
.
"grow up, MAKE MONEY,
raise a family".
.
A girl plans hers like-
.
"grow up, finish school, get
married".
.
Girls are not taught to dream
independently, they think
their final destination is in a
man's home. The "better
tomorrow" they are taught to
dream of is a tomorrow
inside their husband's home.
No! It's wrong. You need to
first carve a life for yourself
before you put yourself in
the control of a man.
.
Girls are taught To dream to
be Queens. Meaning they are
taught that no matter how
high they fly they still have
to be under a man, her
king.... When they could
actually be Kings themselves.
.
You might say getting
married doesn't stop you
from winning, but that's false.
Marriage creates a lot of
limitation for women...
Socially, economically, even
psychologically. Women are
home makers. A woman's
primary concern is building a
home. When you finish school
and you get married almost
immediately, childbirth,
domestic duties, etc will limit
your hustle. You are gonna
live your life in the shadow
of your husband. You are
gonna be just another
puppet in the hands of your
husband.
.
Some women even become
housewives, like you live all
your life under the sole
control of a man? From being
under your dad straight to
being under a man.... How do
you live with that?
.
Women need to be taught to
dream. They need to be
taught they are also an
independent being, and they
also need to carve out a life
for themselves.
.
African parents need to stop
putting pressure on their
female children to get
married immediately after
school. Teach them to strive
like they are the ones going
to raise a family on their
own. Boys are brought up to
strive, to create a Kingdom,
why can't women be taught to
be same?
.
Women and men will never
ever be equal if women are
trained to see their ultimate
end in the comfort of
marriage. Take your time,
how can you be just 23 and
you are already feeling ripe
to marry? What have you
achieved? Will you die if you
don't get married quickly?
.
Girls need to focus more on
personal development after
school. Life starts after
school... Try to make a living
for yourself. Girls need to
stop being pressured to
marry too quickly! They are
not men's properties!
.
Y'all need a new mindset
Africans.

God bless

holaralph:
. Better....... As a matter of fact English Isn't My Native Language its An Inculcated Language. I owe you or any wailer apology

Chai! Please type in your mother tongue, your case is critical, you just murdered English "I owe you or any wailer apology" "My Native Language its An Inculcated Language"

You mean Lie was lying?

Thank goodness, the budget needs overhauling, imagine food budget for Aso villa 1.7 billion? What are they eating

mantleguy:
Thank you all for ur comments.. I jus av to gv it a try, I know it's gonna be really, really tough.. . Am a risk taker. People has done it and survive there in Europe. Am still young, energetic, a graduate and great parents . I got nothing to loose if things doesn't work out.

You've got a lot of wasted years to loose if things don't work out. Imagine coming back home with nothing but a suitcase in 10 to 20 years time. Think

JayJustus:
and my sister received few days ago.... when I receive next week I'd be back to reply you...take care son...keep the cave clean

Have you received yet? If you are waiting for your parents to send you money, you are in for it BIG TIME! Better go and look for work if you don't want to starve there.

I feel sorry for students studying abroad

Nice, don't give up. You should think of having a biz plan, also NAFDAC registration is a plus. What if someone licks your ice cream and then claims to fall sick afterwards, you can be arrested and jailed, protect yourself and your business, good luck

What a tragedy, she should be compensated

MIM77:
The station is called BBC Hausa, therefore everything about it must be in hausa including d interview with d President. Afterall, he has bn interviewed many times in local n international english stations without flaws. Let us wish our today's leaders d best cos our 2mrw depends on it, instead of talking anyhow without bases. Wailers cannot stop dis country from moving forward by God's grace. An average wailer wud rather hv Pmb fail just to make a point. How i wish such wailers can be exempted from d goodies dat is in d offing, but nt possible.

This is not about wailing. What is wrong is wrong. Imagine how you would have viewed GEJ if you had to get updates about his plans or policies from radio Bayelsa, from a translated version of the original interview he granted the station. It is wrong. No previous president has done this, his Northern brothers never did this, it is not right.

Na wa o

Oyinbo girl, for your own good, look for another man. Even if you marry him now, he will surely marry someone from Nigeria after he gets what he wants from you. Spare yourself the heartache and move on.

Happy Anniversary!! Your kids are so cute

mu2sa2:
There's nothing wrong in a Nigerian president giving an interview in a Nigerian language. I wonder why you people didn't criticize Obj when as president he granted the same BBC an interview speaking Hausa.

You must be Hausa. If GEJ was consistently granting interviews in Ijaw language to Ijaw radio stations, you will be the first to complain, hypocrite.

mu2sa2:
Surely. Across the north Hausa is the common language among the various ethnic groups, that's why it's so widely spoken.

We are talking about a Nigerian president, not a Northern Nigerian president. The North is only a part of Nigeria, elsewhere Hausa is not spoken widely, so he should be sensitive about this.

refreshrate:
You're justifying this with all convictions?

Like seriously?

It's part of their Northern agenda, they want all of us to accept Hausa as our lingua franca, imagine this?