ZAMFARA, the first Nigerian state to adopt Sharia has scored yet another
first. It is to become the first state in the federation to introduce
two additional Nigerian ethnic languages, Yoruba and Igbo, into its Primary
and secondary school curriculum.
The commissioner for special education, Alhaji Daya Naigeria told reporters
in Gusau that from September 2004, all primary and secondary schools will
teach Yoruba and Igbo in addition to Hausa.
“I hope this will correct the impression that Sharia is the only
good thing we can contribute to the nation,” he said. “Our
children must know the languages which generate Oil, Progress and Commerce,
in addition to the Hausa, the quintessential language of Political Power.”
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