WrathOfHadez:
A language is only sustainable by its relevance. Never by compulsion.

Making it compulsory will only make students engage it as a mere academic exercise and relegate it for examination marks only.

Same thing happened when itsekiri was lumped into our curriculum in primary schools in Warri then. Most of us thereafter can't make a simple sentence in that language today .

Does the Yoruba language need this legislative fiat of compulsion? No.

Smacks of desperation.

TeamSimple:
Best way to go ... Because some schools now see teaching Yoruba language as a waste of time .. Even the British still teaches English as a subject in their classes.

ScotFree:
I just dey laugh. The yoruba they speak everyday and everywhere, even in their dreams,?? It's in the blood stream. No need to worry about preserving it. It's preserved in stone, blood and genes already.

Just say the Government is looking for more money. The Tax isn't enough anymore.

LordIsaac:
An average home bred Westerner speaks Yoruba-English...hence, that ɓill is useless.

nairanaira12:


No one is forcing non-Westerners to stay

positivetaught:
ordinarily this would have been a great idea but on a second thought how would the country look like if this is replicated in every state, rather I will suggest that we should develop our own brand of written English based on our local alphabets pronunciations to make learning easier n faster like the Americans e.g we should spell come as "kom", cotton as "kotin",certain as " satin",etc,the English alphabetical sounds individually n when use in words makes the British English complicated n difficult to learn n teach to children unlike our local dialects. I learnt Hausa in primary school in the north within a year I could read n write it fairly based on that knowledge now I can read most Nigerian languages not perfectly but good enough for the speakers of the languages hearing me to understand which I feel is good enough, let's keep sentiments n pride away n do what will aid our rapid advancement for common good.

fr3do:


and yet na una dey shout one nigeria pass, shoving ur language down other people's throat

nairanaira12:


If you don't like the language, kindly leave

fr3do:


if na by force, secede
but u can't be in a country and institutionalize bigotry.

RussianICBM:


Very easy.
I even thought you wanted to ask something harder like a big complex scientific term.

Some of you actually think Yoruba is a small totally udeveloped language? lol

omoelerin1:
This is nice considering the fact that multicultural status of Lagos is having negative effect on Yoruba language and culture in the state. But I thought Lagos is 'no man's land'.

Klinee:
This is completely nonsense!!!! Majority of lagosians don't understand Yoruba language. But if they must recognize indigenous language, which am in support of it, they should also try to recognize Hausa and Igbo languages too because of their great population in Lagos.

zoedew:


This is not about the no-man's land but about the UN and indeed universally recognized right of a people group to have their heritage preserved. Many appear unaware that language is the basic heritage of a human being and indeed a people group. #mylanguagemyidentity

hatedisplace:
our so called culture can't put food on our table. All languages should be scrapped in Africa because it is the reason for our lack of growth. My opinion.

Asidethetruth:
This bill is suspicious

I hope is not targetted at a set of people

Tribalism in full blown outft

WrathOfHadez:
A language is only sustainable by its relevance. Never by compulsion.

Making it compulsory will only make students engage it as a mere academic exercise and relegate it for examination marks only.

Same thing happened when itsekiri was lumped into our curriculum in primary schools in Warri then. Most of us thereafter can't make a simple sentence in that language today .

Does the Yoruba language need this legislative fiat of compulsion? No.

Smacks of desperation.

Lovetinz:
I would like to see the Yoruba translation of..
..Wherein and wherefore the prospective customer has with or without proven intent alone or by himself and or in collusion with others...

Asidethetruth:
This bill is suspicious

I hope is not targetted at a set of people

Tribalism in full blown outft

hatedisplace:
true talk

zoedew:


Relevance is a function of usage. A thing ceases to be relevant the moment it is no longer put to use. That exactly is the rason d'etre for the Bill i.e. If nothing is done to stem the tide of the abandonment of the Yoruba language in Lagos State it should soon become irrelevant and unsustainable. Got the point?

LaEvilIMiss:
Unfortunately it is hampered by the FACT that History and Culture has been removed from the curriculum, how do you teach Language without History.. Nigeria is being over-run by stark illiterates in nice suits

baddosky1:


That's it. If this was in the SE, yoruba warlords both jere on NL and in their land will cry foul. A meeting within Igbo communities in Lagos has been held to this effect with parents advised to instruct their wards/children to "tune off" their concentration once a yoruba teacher comes into the class.

positivetaught:
ordinarily this would have been a great idea but on a second thought how would the country look like if this is replicated in every state, rather I will suggest that we should develop our own brand of written English based on our local alphabets pronunciations to make learning easier n faster like the Americans e.g we should spell come as "kom", cotton as "kotin",certain as " satin",etc,the English alphabetical sounds individually n when use in words makes the British English complicated n difficult to learn n teach to children unlike our local dialects. I learnt Hausa in primary school in the north within a year I could read n write it fairly based on that knowledge now I can read most Nigerian languages not perfectly but good enough for the speakers of the languages hearing me to understand which I feel is good enough, let's keep sentiments n pride away n do what will aid our rapid advancement for common good.