By Okechukwu Keshi
Ukegbu
There is a bill before the Lagos House of Assembly tagged “A Bill for a Law To Provide for the
Preservation and Promotion of the Use of Yoruba Language and for Connected
Purposes’’ that seeks to make Yoruba language a core subject in schools and
also to enhance the preservation of the language. The bill further recommends
the translation of all the laws in the state into Yoruba language in order to
get to its target.
The above
move by the House is not in isolation. Previously, the Assembly had made moves
to make teaching and learning of Yoruba Language compulsory in both public and
private schools in the state. The measure was aimed at preserving and promoting
the indigenous language of the South West from going into extinction.
