The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has called for the use of Nigerian languages, as languages of instructions in schools to correct student’s poor performances.
Governor Ahmed made the statement when the national leadership of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), paid him a courtesy visit at the government house in Ilorin, Kwara State capital on Wednesday.
The Governor noted that most students perform poorly in schools due to the use of English as language of instruction which hinders their interpretation of materials of instruction.
He, however, said that if concerted effort was not made, Nigerian languages would disappear especially if they were not languages of commerce and instruction.
“A number of dialects are virtually gone and other languages may go unless conscious efforts are made to promote and sustain them through commerce and instruction.”
He charged members of the NAL, as professors in the humanities, to be in the vanguard for the promotion of Nigerian languages, as languages of instruction and commerce.
