No more “vernacular” by Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Premium Times Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Dr Tunji  Alausa, on Wednesday announced the cancellation of the teaching of Indigenous languages, otherwise known as mother tongue languages, as the medium of instruction in Nigerian primary schools.   The minister, a medical doctor, announced the unprogressive move at the 2025 Language in Education International Conference organized by the…

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Ogun and Adire! – Adewale Sobowale

That the Ogun State government has deemed it fit to officially recognize ADIRE, a traditional batik that has been made popular by the Egbas is great. However, I don’t see anything new in that. When Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was President, he hardly wore anything apart from ADIRE. Osoba and Amosun too tried to project the…

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