VC fears for extinction of Nigerian culture

Date: 2014-12-12

Vice-Chancellor of the Kwara State University, Malete, Professor Abdulrasheed Na'Allah, yesterday warned that Nigerian culture and tradition may become extinct if efforts are not made to revive them.

He specifically referred to the Ilorin emirate community in Kwara State which he noted was blessed with rich culture, traditions and folklores which have distinguished the city, but noted that some aspects of the culture have virtually become extinct.

Na'Allah, a Professor of English, Comparative Poetics and Performance, was delivering the second public lecture titled, "Contributions of Ilorin Islamic Oral Genres to Yoruba Tradition" organised by Centre for Ilorin Studies, University of Ilorin.

He cautioned that Ilorin might lose its rich culture and tradition to the current obsession with foreign languages and traditions, saying that many people are fond of speaking English to their children.

"You have never been to even Lagos, let alone London or New York City, you are just in Ilorin and you speak English to your children. It just baffles me because these children, if you look at the English they speak, it is terrible. So you are starting your child with terrible, rotten English that is even more terrible than Pidgin", he said.

He stressed that adopting foreign language and culture is not a yardstick for development, observing that most citizens of China, which is one of the largest economies in the world, do not speak English.

"For us, we are so eager to forget our own language, to forget our culture, to forget our tradition and I want to say that Ilorin, which is the topic of this discussion, is making a major mistake. If it continues this way."

The Grand Khadi of Kwara State Sharia Court of Appeal, Justice Salihu Mohammed, also expressed regret that Nigeria is losing its identity which is not good for the growth and development of the country.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Simeon Ajibola     CCT     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Mubarak Oladosu     Lateef Fagbemi     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Oke-Kura     Salihu Ajia     Olaitan Buraimoh     Offorjama     IYA ALFA NLA     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Mashood Dauda     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Tanke     Sebastine Obasi     Ghali Alaaya     SGBN     Village Alive Development Association     Sobi FM     Saad Omo\'ya     Yakubu Shaaba     Baba-Isale     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Mumeen Lah     Isin     Wasiu Onidugbe     Kunle Akogun     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Taofeeq Olateju     Bola Sagaya     Abdulwahab Oba     Bond     Ibrahim Taiwo     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Ayegbeni     Kwara Poly     Sheikh Ariyibi     Oniwasi Agbaye     Tsaragi     Ahman Pategi     Yusuf Aiyedun     Public Holiday     Gbemisola Saraki     Peter Obi     IF-K     Patience Jonathan     Nigerian Army     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Umaru Saro     Sa\'ad Alanamu     AGILE Programme     April 11     Ahmed Dankaya     Oko-Olowo     Ilorin Like-Minds     John Obuh     Elekoyangan     Ijakadi     Najim Yaasin     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Convocation Ceremonies     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Ajayi Okasanmi     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Oloriegbe     Peter Amogbonjaye     Oloje     Toyosi Thomas     Bursary     Musa Alhassan Buge    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mazars Consulting     Lai Gobir     Bature Bello     New Naira Notes     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Oloriegbe     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Saliu Ajia     TIIDELab     Ubandawaki     Durbar     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Ibrahim Oniye     Okin High School     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Toyin Abdullahi     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Asa     Atiku Abubakar     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Split Diamond Interchange     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Ajia-Bako     MINILS     ITEM 7     EFCC     NNPP     Moses Adekanye     Awili Pedro     Olatinwo     Sam Onile     Kolawole Bashirat     Kayode Issa     Saeedat Aliyu     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Okanlawon Musa     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Omu-aran     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Isin     Kassim Babamale     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Onikijipa     General Hospital, Ilorin     HYPPADEC     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Voices Of Tomorrow     Ganiyu Abolarin     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Bola Magaji     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     BIR     Donatus Ejidike     Ladi Hassan     Playing Host     QuickWin     Nigerian Army     Kayode Laro     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Offa     07039448763     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Inside Kwara     Yusuf Badmus     AIT Ilorin     Sadiq Umar     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     National Information Technology Development Agency     Yekeen Alabi     Kwara 2023     Garba Idris Ajia