Nigeria scraps mother tongue education policy

Nigeria scraps mother tongue education policy

‘The government’s reversal is not a rejection of Indigenous identity..but a recognition of Nigerian complexity’Originally published on Global VoicesSome Nigerian school children. Photo by Doug Linstedt. Free to use via Unsplash. Language advocates are left stunned as the Federal Government of Nigeria suddenly reverses its 2022 National Language Policy that mandates Indigenous languages in education, while re-introducing English as the sole langu…