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Sifu · #16 (**permalink**) 12-07-2007, 07:00 PM

I sincerely hope that no other states follow and it has nothing to do with colonial mentality. The average time a government worker spends at work is 8.5 hours in Nigeria. They have all the other hours of the day to speak their language. They can sing with it, cry with it do whatever they like with it. The fact remains that even with speaking english, people still get discriminated against based on their last names. My dad was the president of SSA at a point in UNIBEN and it was a battle with the Bini people there. We are also from Edo state but even within that state if you were not Bini it was a struggle for you.
As long as anything they do is being funded by our federal government directly or indirectly it should not be for only those who speak yoruba. It is discrimination. I can understand if this came from a foreigner but from Nigerians who know that every two miles is a different language, this is pure lunacy o jare. So what should we do in edostate. We have Bini's (different dialects,) Ishans, Etsako's(atleast 5 different dialects that I know), Akoko-Edo, Okpella, Igbanke and many more. Should we just force everybody to speak Bini. Please, as far as language goes, it is good enough that they make a Nigerian language compulsory in school. Speak the language to your children at home.
Lagos is as much for the Yoruba's as it is the Igbos, bini's, hausa's. That's the reality of today.

Gen Sani Abacha · #17 (**permalink**) 12-08-2007, 05:51 AM

For all those who object to this, then by the same token there should be an English only policy in Onitsha, Enugu, Calabar, Warri, Port Harcourt, Kano, Abuja, Lokoja, Minna etc.
I'm sure all the naysayers won't agree to that!

Meddeen250 · #18 (**permalink**) 12-08-2007, 09:27 AM

Tribalism!

vince · #19 (**permalink**) 12-08-2007, 04:24 PM

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Tribalism!

Interesting view.
I guess the english folks in whose country you live in,can be accused of racism for using english as the language for parliamentarian debates.Hmmm.

Shed the kolomentality shackles.

Ishangirl · #20 (**permalink**) 12-12-2007, 12:47 PM

It's official

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Lagos Assembly adopts Yoruba as official language
By Deji Elumoye, 12.12.2007

Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday approved the use of Yoruba as the official language on the floor of the Assembly This was sequel to a motion moved by the Assembly's majority leader, Hon. Kolawole Taiwo, in respect to a letter written to the Assembly by Mrs.

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Chinyere Anichebe, a professor of linguistics at the You niversityof Lagos (UNILAG). According to the letter discussed on the floor of the Assembly two weeks ago, Anichebe had argued that failure to use indigenous languages had been responsible for the grassroots not following and appreciating how they are governed.

The Assembly at yesterday's sitting therefore resolved that Yoruba, as well as English can be interchangeably used by any member to contribute to debate on the floor of the Assembly.

Addressing newsmen on the issue, Mrs Anichebe said the campaign for the use of Yoruba as the Assembly'sofficial language had become necessary because, according to her, children have lost their ability to speak their mother tongues because they were not exposed to them. She said a group of University lecturers have taken it upon themselves to impress on state Assemblies to use the indigenous languages as medium of transaction.

She explained that emphasis on state assemblies is because they represent the grassroots and should therefore carry them along in their deliberations sothat people would appreciate and understand how th eyare governed and decisions taken on their behalf. Meanwhile, the Assembly also yesterday lifted the suspension it placed on Mr. Muyiwa Adedeji, the executive secretary of Kosofe local government council last month. Adedeji was suspended on the allegation that he spent N32 million without due process and for not backing his expenditure with relevant receipts to the House when asked to do so.”

The suspension was lifted following a letter from the state auditor general that the said amount w as actually spent on intended projects but that his fault was his failure to get clearance before embarking on the expenditure.

kolinzo · #21 (**permalink**) 12-12-2007, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Ishangirl

It's official

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Lagos Assembly adopts Yoruba as official language
By Deji Elumoye, 12.12.2007

Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday approved the use of Yoruba as the official language on the floor of the Assembly This was sequel to a motion moved by the Assembly's majority leader, Hon. Kolawole Taiwo, in respect to a letter written to the Assembly by Mrs.

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Chinyere Anichebe, a professor of linguistics at the You niversityof Lagos (UNILAG). According to the letter discussed on the floor of the Assembly two weeks ago, Anichebe had argued that failure to use indigenous languages had been responsible for the grassroots not following and appreciating how they are governed.

The Assembly at yesterday's sitting therefore resolved that Yoruba, as well as English can be interchangeably used by any member to contribute to debate on the floor of the Assembly.

Addressing newsmen on the issue, Mrs Anichebe said the campaign for the use of Yoruba as the Assembly'sofficial language had become necessary because, according to her, children have lost their ability to speak their mother tongues because they were not exposed to them. She said a group of University lecturers have taken it upon themselves to impress on state Assemblies to use the indigenous languages as medium of transaction.

She explained that emphasis on state assemblies is because they represent the grassroots and should therefore carry them along in their deliberations sothat people would appreciate and understand how th eyare governed and decisions taken on their behalf. Meanwhile, the Assembly also yesterday lifted the suspension it placed on Mr. Muyiwa Adedeji, the executive secretary of Kosofe local government council last month. Adedeji was suspended on the allegation that he spent N32 million without due process and for not backing his expenditure with relevant receipts to the House when asked to do so.”

The suspension was lifted following a letter from the state auditor general that the said amount w as actually spent on intended projects but that his fault was his failure to get clearance before embarking on the expenditure.

Good..very good!

kolinzo · #22 (**permalink**) 12-12-2007, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Sifu

I sincerely hope that no other states follow and it has nothing to do with colonial mentality. The average time a government worker spends at work is 8.5 hours in Nigeria. They have all the other hours of the day to speak their language. They can sing with it, cry with it do whatever they like with it. The fact remains that even with speaking english, people still get discriminated against based on their last names. My dad was the president of SSA at a point in UNIBEN and it was a battle with the Bini people there. We are also from Edo state but even within that state if you were not Bini it was a struggle for you.
As long as anything they do is being funded by our federal government directly or indirectly it should not be for only those who speak yoruba. It is discrimination. I can understand if this came from a foreigner but from Nigerians who know that every two miles is a different language, this is pure lunacy o jare. So what should we do in edostate. We have Bini's (different dialects,) Ishans, Etsako's(atleast 5 different dialects that I know), Akoko-Edo, Okpella, Igbanke and many more. Should we just force everybody to speak Bini. Please, as far as language goes, it is good enough that they make a Nigerian language compulsory in school. Speak the language to your children at home.
Lagos is as much for the Yoruba's as it is the Igbos, bini's, hausa's. That's the reality of today.

In a democratic society where federalism is being practiced -ie sharing of power between National and state government- each state can decide what it wants for its citizens so far is not against the constitution. Edo's House of Assembly can decide on whatever it wants for its citizens-if they want they can speak chinease- and other states have no say on that! Lagos is a Yoruba state and the laws of the land must apply to everybody.

vince · #23 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Ishangirl

It's official

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Lagos Assembly adopts Yoruba as official language
By Deji Elumoye, 12.12.2007

Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday approved the use of Yoruba as the official language on the floor of the Assembly This was sequel to a motion moved by the Assembly's majority leader, Hon. Kolawole Taiwo, in respect to a letter written to the Assembly by Mrs.

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Chinyere Anichebe, a professor of linguistics at the You niversityof Lagos (UNILAG). According to the letter discussed on the floor of the Assembly two weeks ago, Anichebe had argued that failure to use indigenous languages had been responsible for the grassroots not following and appreciating how they are governed.

The Assembly at yesterday's sitting therefore resolved that Yoruba, as well as English can be interchangeably used by any member to contribute to debate on the floor of the Assembly.

Addressing newsmen on the issue, Mrs Anichebe said the campaign for the use of Yoruba as the Assembly'sofficial language had become necessary because, according to her, children have lost their ability to speak their mother tongues because they were not exposed to them. She said a group of University lecturers have taken it upon themselves to impress on state Assemblies to use the indigenous languages as medium of transaction.

She explained that emphasis on state assemblies is because they represent the grassroots and should therefore carry them along in their deliberations sothat people would appreciate and understand how th eyare governed and decisions taken on their behalf. Meanwhile, the Assembly also yesterday lifted the suspension it placed on Mr. Muyiwa Adedeji, the executive secretary of Kosofe local government council last month. Adedeji was suspended on the allegation that he spent N32 million without due process and for not backing his expenditure with relevant receipts to the House when asked to do so.”

The suspension was lifted following a letter from the state auditor general that the said amount w as actually spent on intended projects but that his fault was his failure to get clearance before embarking on the expenditure.

Back to the roots.Back to who we really are.

bluestocking · #24 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 08:16 AM

Bull crap!

debbie · #25 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by obude

Backwardness

MY RIBS!!!!!!!!!

debbie · #26 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Sifu

I don't see the point. Is everyone employed there yoruba? It will be just another way to push other ethnic groups out. It is not necessary. Speak your language at home.

True talk

debbie · #27 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Sifu

I sincerely hope that no other states follow and it has nothing to do with colonial mentality. The average time a government worker spends at work is 8.5 hours in Nigeria. They have all the other hours of the day to speak their language. They can sing with it, cry with it do whatever they like with it. The fact remains that even with speaking english, people still get discriminated against based on their last names. My dad was the president of SSA at a point in UNIBEN and it was a battle with the Bini people there. We are also from Edo state but even within that state if you were not Bini it was a struggle for you.
As long as anything they do is being funded by our federal government directly or indirectly it should not be for only those who speak yoruba. It is discrimination. I can understand if this came from a foreigner but from Nigerians who know that every two miles is a different language, this is pure lunacy o jare. So what should we do in edostate. We have Bini's (different dialects,) Ishans, Etsako's(atleast 5 different dialects that I know), Akoko-Edo, Okpella, Igbanke and many more. Should we just force everybody to speak Bini. Please, as far as language goes, it is good enough that they make a Nigerian language compulsory in school. Speak the language to your children at home.
Lagos is as much for the Yoruba's as it is the Igbos, bini's, hausa's. That's the reality of today.

You're right there. I was wondering becos i can't Imagine the Bini's speak theirs. Hmn, it's funny