Nigeria: Abia Traditional Rulers Storm Senate Over Planned Closure of Language Institute

[Francis Hult]

allAfrica.com

 

Nigeria: Abia Traditional Rulers Storm Senate Over Planned Closure of Language Institute

 

Abuja-Traditional rulers from Abia State yesterday stormed the Senate alleging a plot of marginalization against the South-East through the forceful abrogation of the National Institute for Nigerian Languages (NINLAN) Aba.

 

The school which they said was established alongside the Nigerian Arabic Language Village, Ngala, Borno State and the Nigerian French Language, Badagry Lagos, had been singled out for proscription despite its cultural values to the Nigerian nation.

 

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