Lagos State Government has concluded plans to make the teaching of Yoruba language compulsory in all its public schools.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State represented by his deputy Dr
Idiat Oluranti Adebule, said that the subject will be taught in primary
schools and junior secondary schools JSS3 across the state.
He disclosed this yesterday at a stakeholders forum organised by the
Lagos State House of Assembly at Academy hall, Agidingbi, Ikeja Lagos on
the need to make Yoruba Language a compulsory teaching subject in all
schools in the state.
According to him, the state government equally noted that the imposition
of western culture and language on Nigerian children has done a lot of
damage to the rich local cultural heritage of the Yoruba people.
Vanguard
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