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NERDC To Produce National Language Policy Written by Anietie Patrick and Moses Vincent Okorie, Abuja Wednesday, 21 July 2010 22:05 http://www.leadershipnigeria.com/news/headlines/17874-nerdc-to-produce-natio nal-language-policy As most Nigerian languages are going into extinction, the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), has inaugurated a committee to produce a language policy for Nigeria that is comprehensive, simple, well articulated, well structured, implementable and acceptable nationally. Speaking at the inauguration recently at its Sheda Headquarters, the Executive Secretary of NERDC, Prof. Godswill Obioma said that the committee was expected among other things, to strategise and work out modalities for developing the draft national language policy within the stipulated period, develop a detailed work plan, including budget as well as procedures for the activity, and produce a language policy for Nigeria that is comprehensive, simple, well articulated, well structured, implementable and acceptable nationally. According to him, the committee, referred to as National Technical Committee on Development of Language, was formed at the roundtable comprising experts and informed critical stakeholders representing Nigeria's geo-political zones, relevant federal ministries, language institutions, government agencies, academic and language associations, adding that the NERDC would give all the support needed by the committee to execute its assignment. In a speech, the committee chairman, Prof. Halliru Ahmed Amfani, who is also the president, Linguistic Association of Nigeria, on behalf of the committee, thanked NERDC for the initiative and promised that it would work hard to ensure that the aim of the initiative was achieved. When the assignment is completed and duly signed into law by the National Assembly, Nigeria will have few languages that would be regarded as national languages, while efforts would be made to preserve other Nigerian languages that may not form the common national languages. -- **************************** Disclaimer ****************************** Copyright: In accordance with Title 17, United States Code Section 107, this material is distributed without profit for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material posted to this list for purposes that go beyond "fair use," you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. Content: The sender does not vouch for the veracity nor the accuracy of the contents of this message, which are the sole responsibility of the copyright owner. Also, the sender does not necessarily agree or disagree with any opinions that are expressed in this message. ********************************************************************** ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: africanlanguages-dig...@yahoogroups.com africanlanguages-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: africanlanguages-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
