₦airaland Forum

Niger’s military-led government has declared Hausa as the country’s new national language, replacing French, in another decisive step away from its former colonial power, France.

The national language is Hausa” while “the working languages are English and French,” the junta stated in a new charter published on March 31 in a special edition of the government’s official journal.

Hausa is Niger’s most widely spoken language, particularly prevalent in the regions of Zinder, Maradi, and Tahoua.

The language is understood and spoken by a large portion of the population in the country of 26 million


By contrast, French is spoken by only about 13 per cent of Nigeriens — roughly three million people.

According to the new charter, nine other local languages, including Zarma-Songhay, Fula, Kanuri, Gourmanche, and Arabic, will now be officially recognised as “the spoken languages of Niger.”

The charter emerged from a national conference held in February, which bolstered the ruling junta’s authority and granted its leader, General Abdourahamane Tiani, the mandate to remain in power for the next five years.


Since seizing power in a July 2023 coup that ousted civilian president Mohamed Bazoum, Niger’s ruling junta has cut diplomatic ties with Paris, expelled French troops, and renamed streets and landmarks that once carried French names.

This latest move aligns Niger with neighbouring military regimes in Mali and Burkina Faso — also former French colonies — who have similarly distanced themselves from France and withdrawn from the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), a post-colonial body similar to the Commonwealth.

Source;;https://dailytrust.com/niger-dumps-french-adopts-hausa-as-national-language/

Wahala for who wan go Niger

Hausa the most speaking indigenous language in sub Saharan Africa

Niger seems to be making all the right moves.

He appears to be more of a patriot than a dictator. Anyway, time will tell.

He is towing the path of emancipation. Good move

Hausas will be feeling like demigods now

Not a bad one

azadus18:
Hausa the most speaking indigenous language in sub Saharan Africa

Spoken

They shouldn't impose it on our Christian brothers, as choosing one language as the official language disregards the existence and significance of other minority ethnic language

That's long overdue

Na Yoruba go be zoogeria own

Goood

Tyg

Why not Russian..?

The day Nigeria will choose to cut tie with her colonial masters that will be the beginning of her greatness.

Next move is to declare democracy as state enemy No. 1.

Gradually, French language has started losing its relevance in Africa.

I will still learn that French anyways. I won't give up.

But adopting Hausa as a national language wasn't a bad move at all. I support Niger on this one

EBEk101:
They shouldn’t force it on our Christian brothers sha

Hausa is not Arabic.

They should change Nigeria official language to Igbo language since they love Igbos so much and don't want them have a separate country.

Hallelujah, Biafra to the world.
Sorry, wrong thread. As the case confuse na why.

They are on the pathway to restoration and total redemption.
Africa must be Liberated.

Macron is busy chasing Trump. Only tinubu dey romance that man for whatever reason.

This is great news

Seunomobo:
Hausas will be feeling like demigods now

Where you put swahili ?

EBEk101:
They shouldn’t force it on our Christian brothers sha

Hausa is a language na. How does it affect religion?

Issorite. Na why buhari construct rail lines reach maradi. Nigeria is only existing on papers

Nigeria would be the last slave colony in Africa
We still have leaders that go abroad for medical care,

Now this is good

Kwame Nkrumah will be glad

Let's hope the white slaves in that geographic expression that shares same name with this country will receive sense to do something similar one of these days
But how can they when their leaders are already hibernating in the land of their masters?

Niger and northern Nigeria should have been one nation. Benin , Togo and western Nigeria should have been one country. Eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon should have been one nation. French and British destabilized Africa in collaboration with native traitors to divide and conquer. Pernicious effects still exist today