- Having English as official language is a sign of mental submission to the white man and this should be changed immediately - with increasing confidence by the black man comes more power on the global scene.

- Another alternative: "Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa" as official languages and English as secondary language.

Black man - take responsibility for your lives and your countries!

No way, go speak that in Oduduwa republic.

BigBashiru:


- Another alternative: "Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa" as official languages and English as secondary language.

Black man - take responsibility for your lives and your countries!

Yorubas, igbos, Hausas are not the only people in Nigeria.

Take note.

Graysons:
Yorubas, igbos, Hausas are not the only people in Nigeria.

Take note.

Yes but it represents the majority. English people are not the only people in the United Kingdom - there is also Welsh language but they adopted just English.

Coward ethnic group want nigerians to speak their language.

Better take your lazy self's to agitate for oduduwa republic

Na dis one nairaland go take catch fire today.

English is better, your suggestion won't work

MinorityOpinion:
English is better, your suggestion won't work

slave mentality - is your slave master in UK or US?

If we want we can force Yoruba as the official language. There are ways to do it, easily!

Ask the question, how did english become the language of the majority?

There are politico-economic strings to pull to install socio-cultural changes....permanently!

BigBashiru:

slave mentality - is your slave master in UK or US?

UK

MetaPhysical:
If we want we can force Yoruba as the official language. There are ways to do it, easily!

Ask the question, how did english become the language of the majority?

There are politico-economic strings to pull to install socio-cultural changes....permanently!

you too like wahala, walahi

Amotolongbo:
you too like wahala, walahi

Come and join me and laugh if you think this is the funniest thread you've seen today...

me I'm laughing in Chinese... while rolling on the floor

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Igbos have already adopted Yoruba language and they are even offering their daughters as a bonus to Yoruba men

kayfra:
Igbos have already adopted Yoruba language and they are even offering their daughters as a bonus to Yoruba men

You go die if u no mention Igbo ?

Well in nothern Nigeria hausa is their official language. And they speak their language whenever they find themselves. Some hausa fulani people would even call English language bastard.

How many ethnic groups do we have in Nigeria?

BigBashiru:
- Having English as official language is a sign of mental submission to the white man and this should be changed immediately - with increasing confidence by the black man comes more power on the global scene.

- Another alternative: "Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa" as official languages and English as secondary language.

Black man - take responsibility for your lives and your countries!

Good idea

BigBashiru:
- Having English as official language is a sign of mental submission to the white man and this should be changed immediately - with increasing confidence by the black man comes more power on the global scene.

- Another alternative: "Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa" as official languages and English as secondary language.

Black man - take responsibility for your lives and your countries!

Yes but it represents the majority. English people are not the only people in the United Kingdom - there is also Welsh language but they adopted just English.

I agree with your sentiments but I don't think Nigeria should not have an "official" language at least at the federal level. This idea is not radical as there are many countries with no official languages including the US. It only makes sense because of dissatisfaction by its various 500+ ethnolinguistics and minority fear of domination by the majority groups. The traditional languages would still have recognition at a regional level. English would still play a role due to its international status, but it won't get an "official status."

MetaPhysical:
If we want we can force Yoruba as the official language. There are ways to do it, easily!

Ask the question, how did english become the language of the majority?

There are politico-economic strings to pull to install socio-cultural changes....permanently!

i wonder where some entities reason from before spilling this manner of trash.. Tufia

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B3ACHSIDE:
I'm still in my 20s so my opinion on some issues are still evolving ,but at this time,based on my experience and outlook , I advocate universal culture..
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Look here....
Its not about what's good for globalisation or global integration but what's good for a nation....
English is not the language spoken in most homes in Nigeria...and few Nigerians can express themselves confidently solely in english....graduates are no exception.....
Yet we expect students in our educational institutions to assimilate knowledge in a language they have a poor grasp....

There are numerous reason Africa is struggling....one of it is a poor educational system designed not to meet the local need of the continent....
Show me a developed and successful nation today with a foreign language as the medium of instruction or lingual franca.....show me just one...

Let me ask u a question....
A Nigerian bricklayer or an electrician's thought process is in what language....
Do u think he's thinking in English when at work?
Of course not...he's thinking in his own native language....
They analyse and overcome challenges in their line of work thinking in the native language.....
But if the same electrician wants to learn about electricity in our polytechnic, we will insist he must be proficient in english....
how does that help him....Ignorance and naivety is killing us....

Go to VI, Ikoyi...
most plumbers, electricians, bricklayers working on those luxurious high rise are from philipines, cambodia, thailand, china....
They can't even write their names in English....
Yet Nigerians will look down on our own artisans who cant speak proper English claiming they are not good enough....