Igbo Women Threaten to Sue Sanwo-Olu-Led Lagos Govt over ‘Exclusive Teaching of Yoruba in Schools’

• The Igbo Women Assembly has threatened the Lagos state government for not including the Igbo language in schools
• IWA, a pressure group, threatened to sue the Lagos government for exclusive teaching of the Yoruba language in state-owned schools
• The national president of IWA, Mrs Nneka Chimezie, made this known and shared further plans by the group to preserve the Igbo language from going into extinction

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

Some women under the aegis of the Igbo Women Assembly (IWA), a pressure group, have vowed to sue the Lagos state government led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

The pressure group vowed to drag the Lagos state government to court over its legislation for the exclusive teaching of the Yoruba language in state-owned schools.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that IWA is affiliated with Ohanaeze Ndigbo, an apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation.

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The national president of IWA, Mrs Nneka Chimezie, issued the threat at a news briefing in Umuahia, Abia state capital, on Thursday, February 13.

As reported by Vanguard, Chimezie said that the group was worried over such legislation in a cosmopolitan state as Lagos.

According to her, such a law was not proper because the government was aware that the state harboured many other tribes.

“They should make it open—Igbo, Hausa, and Yoruba—should be taught,” she said.

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Speaking further, she said that the group was organising an event to celebrate the Igbo language on February 21, in commemoration of the United Nations’ Mother Tongue Day.

The IWA president, however, hailed the Yoruba for preserving their language.

Chimezie called on the Igbo sons and daughters to join IWA in the campaign to stop the Igbo language from going into extinction.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that the Lagos state government announced its decision to translate current state laws from English into Yoruba at a One-Day Stakeholders’ Meeting.

Held at the Debt Management Office in Ikeja, the meeting revolved around the People’s Perception Survey regarding the Translation of Lagos State Laws into Yorub, which was organised by the Law Reform Commission along with the Lagos Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget.

Source: Legit.ng