LASU stems local language extinction by making Yoruba compulsory

According to recent studies by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, 29 Nigerian minor languages have become extinct, while another 29 minor languages are in danger of extinction.

“They don’t see it as being useful to them. They don’t need a credit pass in the subject to gain admission to a university or to get a job.”However, the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, has raised the bar against the dearth of mother tongue in Nigeria by being the first institution to officially make a local language, Yoruba, named GNS 104 compulsory for all her students.

“The Yoruba Language Studies course will cover various aspects of Yoruba culture, including language structure, literature, history, folklore, and contemporary issues.“It will be open to students from all faculties as part of the General Nigerian Studies program, reflecting LASU’s commitment to interdisciplinary learning.”The decision of the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo to make the Yoruba Language a compulsory course for all her students, has continued to raise dust.

Another supporter of LASU’s decision is the Managing Director, Flow Communications Company, Mrs. Florence Ifechukwude Okah-Avae, who explained that the move should be encouraged and that other institutions of higher learning should follow suit. “Learning in Nigeria is so tiring and frustrating for an adult to learn a new language in just one year and know it so well and pass.”

Shehu Sani who disclosed this via X, said thus: “State Universities making local languages compulsory will achieve the twin goals of promoting local languages and driving away non-indigenes who are not interested in learning any new language other than their own. A good agenda packaged with a hidden agenda.”“The 1999 Nigerian Constitution is one of the documents that promote the use of Nigerian languages.

“The various calls for the promotion of indigenous languages are not unconnected with the idea of maintaining ethnic identity in the face of multiculturalism and globalisation. In Nigerian political and social life, ethnic considerations overrule the national interest. Language is the most potent form of identity politics in Nigeria. So the promotion and greater use of Igbo or any indigenous language may have political tones.

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