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With ‘Speak Ikwerre’, Sekibo moves to save Niger Delta dialects
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Senator Emmanuel Diffa, Managing Director, HERITAGE Bank, Dr. IFIE SEKIBO, author of Let us Speak Ikwerre, Mrs Oyintarela Umeri, and former Managing Director Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr TIMI ALAIBE
By Nnamdi Ojiego
In today’s Nigeria, nothing much has been achieved in the area of encouraging the teeming youths and children to speak their local dialect.
Many children hardly speak their local dialect as English language is relegating indigenous languages.
Though it is believed that most parents are guilty of not teaching their children their dialect, several government agencies and private institutions have also neglected that area, which actually contributes immensely to the development of tourism in Nigeria.