Commissioner Advices On Igbo Language

The Imo Commissioner for Culture and
Tourism, Mrs Ugochi Nnanna-Okoro, has stressed the need to preserve and promote
Igbo Language, especially by Igbo parents.

She
made the call at the magazine presentation and annual programme of the Seat of
Wisdom Seminary Ulakwo in Owerri, Wednesday.

Nnanna-Okoro
who described the topic of the programme as apt, urged Igbo parents to teach
their children the language as nobody would do it for them.

She
said that language was the identity and mirror of a people, advising the Igbos
to look inwards to preserve their language.

Nnanna-Okoro
commended Governor Rochas Okorocha’s efforts at making Igbo Language a
compulsory subject in schools.

“He
made our language a pre-requisite for gaining admission into the Imo State
University and as an official language of communication in all gatherings of
Imo State Traditional Rulers. “the governor has also approved the establishment
of Igbo cultural centres in the three zones in the state and in the Diaspora as
well as teaching of Igbo Language and m orals at the Children’s Park,” she
said.