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This meeting is organised by the new Yoruba World Centre, a project launched by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in November.
The contest which is tagged “Time to Reclaim Our Youths” is to create opportunity for the participating students to learn and win cash, materials and other incentives.
In order to actualize the new drive, the Centre is currently planning a collaborative move with all stakeholders, especially the broadcast media, Egbe Akomolede (Yoruba teachers Association) and the Nollywood, whose major language of communication is Yoruba.
Prominent among the laws is the Ekiti State Security Network Agency Law, 2019 establishing the Ekiti State Security Network Agency and “Amotekun’’ Corps to assist in maintaining law and order.
He made the assertion in Ira, Kwara State on Saturday during the 2019 edition of Oya Festival
Some Brazilians on Thursday in Lagos expressed their desire to speak Yoruba language in order to relate well with their Salvador compatriots, who speak the language in Brazil.
Speaking in Lagos during the Yoruba Quiz Competition organised as part of activities for the ongoing Olokun Festival, Aare Adams said the platform is designed to educate the pupils and guests for them to be proficient in Yoruba Language.
The Oyo State Government on Wednesday in Ibadan unveiled the 17 goals of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, in Yoruba language.
Aare Adams, who was referring to last Thursday’s signing by Ambode of the Yoruba Promotion Bill into ‘Yoruba Language Preservation and Promotion Law’ declared: “Any country or state that forgets its language will eventually forget its culture and such a political entity will soon become extinct. I thank Governor Ambode for proving that he is, indeed, a true son of Yorubaland. For what Governor Ambode has just done, the gods of our land will continue to bless him and I am sure all our traditional rulers will also pray for him for promoting our language and culture”.
The passage of the bill was sequel to the Bill successfully scaling through the Third Reading on the floor of the House
A press release issued by the Ministry said: “The reports trending on social media that the government has directed that teaching and learning of Yoruba are now compulsory from Primary to Senior Secondary Schools (SS.III) as from next session is false and unfounded.”
This, according to Obasa, stems out of the need to preserve the cultural norms, values and tradition of the Yoruba people, part of which is the language, which he said must not be allowed to go into extinction
Ambode, represented by Anike Adekanye, the state Tutor-General, made this known at the celebration of International Mother Language Day, organised by the Yoruba Teachers Association in Lagos
He said the state government was committed to ensuring that the teaching and learning of Yoruba Language was made compulsory in primary and secondary schools in the state
Adewale, who also emerged as the Deputy Coordinator of the body in Europe, said the approval followed the well attended launch of the Union in Sweden on November 29, 2014