The Federal Government has formerly inaugurated the National Technical Committee for the development of Language Policy for Nigeria to preserve Nigeria’s indigenous languages. Malam Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education who inaugurated the committee in Abuja, said the National Language Policy is to enable government create conducive atmosphere for the preservation of indigenous languages, as well as determine how language skills are developed and deployed to achieve national goals. He said the National Language Policy could not be taken for granted, because it would produce a workable document that will promote enable the Nigerian child grow up multilingual. Arabic is the official language of most North African countries and the Middle East. He noted that it would assist in regulating and enabling the effective utilisation of languages for the achievement of national goals.

Source: Nigerian Tribune April 19, 2018 00:33 UTC