Much ado about Lagos Assembly’s move to preserve Yoruba language

The law made the teaching of Yoruba language compulsory in both private and public schools in the state and mandated all state-owned tertiary institutions to integrate the use of the language as a course unit into their General Nigeria Studies .

However, when the law was passed in 2017, there were no allegations of it being politically motivated. Today, considering the circumstances thrown up by the 2023 general elections, it appears the good intent of the immediate past administration is being misinterpreted as having political undertone.

Among other actions taken recently, the Mudashiru Obasa-led Lagos State Assembly summoned the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority over the non-use of Yoruba language to pass information to passengers on the train, just as the Assembly reiterated the need for the Lagos State University to make Yoruba Language compulsory for all students.

Speaking on the issue, a lecturer in the Department of African Language, Literature and Communication Arts, LASU, Dr Ahmed Adesanya, said the Lagos State government had not just introduce the programme. He disclosed that it was conceived during the tenure of Governor Ambode. He urged other states to emulate Lagos, saying that the initiative is proactive at a time when so many languages are going into extinction.

On her part, Dr Oluwakemi Aboderin, an activist, said the language of the immediate environment is very important to inhabitants generally and it is a very good development. “A research conducted by the late Minister of Education, Babs Fafunwa in 1971-72, had two classes set up. In the first class, the students were taught every subject in English language except the Yoruba language while in the second class, the students were taught all subjects in the Yoruba language, including English, Math, Science and others.

While he supported the position of the Assembly, Agbaje said the Yoruba race needed to preserve its language because of the lackadaisical disposition of the younger generation to their native language.

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