National Language Policy

May 11, (THEWILL) - The Tanzanian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr Benson Bana, has called for proper teaching and learning of Kiswahili language in Nigeria. Bana made the call in his address at the inaugural ceremony of the “Kiswahili Club...

April 15, (THEWILL) - A University of Calabar scholar and professor of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, Bassey Okon, has made a case for the implementation of an indigenous languages policy in the country. Prof Okon posited that a conscious approach...

November 30, (THEWILL) - The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a new National Language Policy, which makes the mother tongue a compulsory medium of instruction for public primary school pupils. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made this known to...