‘Make Nigerian Languages Official In Offices’

The Nigerian Union of Teachers
(NUT) has urged the Federal Government to make Nigerian languages official in
offices throughout the country.

The national President of the Union Comrade Michael
Olukoya stated this recently.

Comrade Olukoya said Nigerian Languages were unique and
should not be thrown into the dust bin.

He said that some languages in the country were dying as
a result of neglect by some parents in inculcating the nation’s cultural
heritage into their children.

The Union President called on parents to promote the
country’s culture, stressing that inculcating culture in the children would
help them understand, interpret and speak indigenous languages fluently.

He said parents should help the children as future leaders
of the country by speaking their languages at home to them and teaching them
the norms and cultural values, stressing that the family is the first unit of
socialization of a child.

The Labour leader said
teaching the children the norms, cultures and languages would promote peace,
and progress of the society.