Speaking your language is very important, this prevent it from going into extinction. Their action is commendable, they should also make good policies to better the lives of the people.

Xscape1993:
Nigeria my country. Must we attach tribal sentiment to everything? Instead of initiating good policies and programs that will transform the lives of the local people, they are going after less important issues.

this is not a sentimental issue, local languages should be taken seriously.

PrinceOfLagos:

LAMATA didn't add Yoruba language because it's totally unnecessary

you are very stupid.

So those market women who don't speak English as their major language don't deserve a train ride because one stupid lamata decided to use language they do not understand very well to make announcement.

I feel like cursing your generation for this stupid post.

ValarDoharis:
How many languages in Nigeria, why are you guys always focusing on Igbos?

How is it your business if Igbos can't speak Igbo?

Nobody is focusing on you sir na you dey things that doesn't concern you... Whats stopping your govt from doing that in your state?

Amaggedon:
Where is this one coming from again please? Where are you getting your statistics from?

Ajụlam ebe msi wepụta ọnụ ọgụgụ a, ihe nile mdere ebe ahụ bụ eziokwu.

NinjaMetahuman:
you are very stupid.

So those market women who don't speak English as their major language don't deserve a train ride because one stupid lamata decided to use language they do not understand very well to make announcement.

I feel like cursing your generation for this stupid post.

Y U COME THEY WRITE ENGLISH FOR HERE, Y NOT YORUBA?



A FOOL AT 50 IS A FOOL FOREVER.

It’s called cause and effect.

Pretty basic law of the universe.

Pwettylinda:


Yoruba people have started dividing the one Nigeria they are always romancing and cuddling

Are you from Lagos State?

blingxx:


Nobody is focusing on you sir na you dey things that doesn't concern you... Whats stopping your govt from doing that in your state?

NinjaMetahuman:
you are very stupid.

So those market women who don't speak English as their major language don't deserve a train ride because one stupid lamata decided to use language they do not understand very well to make announcement.

I feel like cursing your generation for this stupid post.

NOTE, I SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE.



I'M NOT AGAINST IT.


LET ME HELP HERE A LITTLE, MAKE A NEW LAW THAT EVERYBODY IN LAGOS THAT IS NOT YORUBA SHOULD APPLY FOR PERMIT AND THEN, THE PERMIT SHOULD RANGE FROM 6 MONTHS TO 5 YEARS AND INDEFINITE.


THEN, DEPORT ANYBODY WITHOUT PERMIT.



ALSO, TELL THEM TO HAVE AT LEAST 1 YORUBA NAME.

lexylaw40:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/guardian.ng/news/assembly-summons-lamata-over-non-use-of-yoruba-in-train-broadcast/amp

Kehinde Joseph is intoxicated with his election into the House.

How could he push for Yoruba as one of the languages for announcement in a cosmopolitan city like Lagos. How about other Major ethnic groups like Hausa and Igbo that have larger population in that city?

He should be reminded that this ethnic stunt is what killed Warri and her development. It's now virtually a ghost town.

The Law Maker should concentrate on issues that impact positively on his constituents and not this ethnic and tribally based issues.

hammerFC:


Y U COME THEY WRITE ENGLISH FOR HERE, Y NOT YORUBA?



A FOOL AT 50 IS A FOOL FOREVER.

I can speak 4 languages. Some people can't speak two. But that doesn't make me better than anyone.

But I'm guessing speaking English is the measurement of intelligence in your underdeveloped enclave. So I'm won't bandit words with you.

IamPlato:
...

Add Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa to the announcement.

That is a balance because Lagos is a state that has all the tribes living inside of it

Nah! Every other can listen in english. The yoruba language should be singled out. If u dont like it, go back to anambra

NinjaMetahuman:
I can speak 4 languages. Some people can't speak two. But that doesn't make me better than anyone.

But I'm guessing speaking English is the measurement of intelligence in your underdeveloped enclave. So I'm won't bandit words with you.

WHO GIVE A DAMN, WHETHER U SPEAK SWAHILLI?


WHO GIVE A DAMN?



LANGUAGE THAT U SPEAK THAT WONT PUT MONEY IN YOUR POCKET OR FOOD ON THE TABLE, IS A WASTE OF YOUR TIME.

Xscape1993:
Nigeria my country. Must we attach tribal sentiment to everything? Instead of initiating good policies and programs that will transform the lives of the local people, they are going after less important issues.

Oga shut up ... Let them speak their language... If them no like am they should return to their states

IamPlato:
...

Add Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa to the announcement.

That is a balance because Lagos is a state that has all the tribes living inside of it

So other states don't have all tribes...

blingxx:


Russians speak Russia, Chinese is spoken in China, and see India today how many of them can speak English fluently.. Even putin can't speak English baba get translator... You be mumu man from birth incase no one told you

Look at this slowpoke. You're a Nigerian. The Nigerian lingua franca is English.

But then again, most yorubas are morons. Enjoy!

hammerFC:


WHO GIVE A DAMN, WHETHER U SPEAK SWAHILLI?


WHO GIVE A DAMN?

you obviously

Cos you quoted me and senseless trifles.

Shift go front my friend.

minakom:

What has Lagos got to do with Nigeria abi se ode ni e ni

Person wey dey madt

Herbiodun09:


Nah! Every other can listen in english. The yoruba language should be singled out. If u dont like it, go back to anambra

See this fella who came to appropriate the political heritage of Lagos in the name of Oduduwa.

Are you original Lagos protégy? No! A torncoat Lagosian!

Languages are a form of consciousness.

There are concepts and ideas that cannot be translated from one language to another.

Therefore the identity, history and mental domain of a people is typically encoded in their language.

The Yorubas have the added advantage of culturally valuing non-verbal communication (emotional intelligence), which lifts the Yoruba language into the 4th dimension.

It is right for its use to be propagated by the Yorubas.

WHEN PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED TO BE MAD, THE BEST YOU CAN DO IS HELP THEM TO BE VERY MAD..


THEY SHOULD STOP BRING THEIR STUPIDITY TO THE PUBLIC SPACE.


IF THEY DID NOT BRING IT TO MEDIA, WE WILL BE BUSY ON OTHER THINGS HERE ON NAIRALAND.


I REALLY DONT CARE, LET THEM DO THEIR ETHNIC BIGOTRY PROPERLY AND STOP WASTING THEIR TIME ON TRIVIALITY.


WHETHER YORUBA IS ON TRAIN OR NOT, WILL NOT STOP PEOPLE TRAVELING TO THEIR DESTIANTION.


ONCE THEY SIT DOWN, THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT THEIR PHONE, 2 MINUTES THEY ARE OFF THE TRAIN.

IamPlato:
...

Add Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa to the announcement.

That is a balance because Lagos is a state that has all the tribes living inside of it

Why not add all the tribes in Nigeria?

Silly talk.

Go hold your governors to build the same infrastructure and do as they please in your enclave. There's a law in place in Yoruba land and it will be enforced.

NinjaMetahuman:
you obviously

Cos you quoted me and senseless trifles.

Shift go front my friend.

I PROMISE U, I REALLY DO NOT CARE, IT IS JUST THAT YOU PEOPLE HAVE A PHD IN DRAGGING EVERYBODY INTO ONE SILLINESS OR THE OTHER EVERYDAY.

SOME OF US HAVE TIME.

Xscape1993:
Nigeria my country. Must we attach tribal sentiment to everything? Instead of initiating good policies and programs that will transform the lives of the local people, they are going after less important issues.

Language is for communication and part of culture of the people.

In the UK, announcements at train Stations are made in English and local languages of the City e.g In Cardiff, announcements are made in English & Welsh.

Pwettylinda:


Yoruba people have started dividing the one Nigeria they are always romancing and cuddling

You all started it claiming Lagos no be man land,make we dey show u who really get Lagos

FuckDModz:


Look at this slowpoke. You're a Nigerian. The Nigerian lingua franca is English.

But then again, most yorubas are morons. Enjoy!

Your Father + your Mother are MORONS!

If you don't like the way we decide to run things in our state, then GO BACK TO YOUR STATE OF ORIGIN.

oyatz:



Language is for communication and part of culture of the people.

In the UK, announcements at train Stations are made in English and local languages of the City e.g In Cardiff, announcements are made in English & Welsh.

INSIDE TRAIN, WHO ARE U COMMUNICATING WITH, WHO HAS THAT TIME.


WHEN YOU ENTER SIT DOWN, WATCH YOUR PHONE OR NEWSPAPER OR CHATTING, BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU ARE AT YOUR DESTINATION.


OK BEAUTIFICATION!

ezechi242:
im an IGBO man and i see nothing wrong in it, the northeners even do it inside goverment houses and institutions.

na them do am pass, we don't wear our cultural dresses to office from Monday to maybe Wednesday or Friday here, but that one no concern hausa people. They can babariga from Monday to Friday and I love that so much.

christejames:
Lagos is a supposed 'Cosmopolitan city' for Christsake ...

I'm not against using Yoruba as part of the train public announcements but the way some 'ronu advocates' are pushing this agenda of 'Yoruba first' in everything (for a supposed 'Cosmopolitan City) will at the long run harm the innocent Omoluabis who wish to live in harmony with other nationalities from the country and across the world

How does using the indigenous language of the people harm you?
If you don't want Yoruba people to speak their Language in their land, it is best you move to another State.


Cosmopolitan nature does NOT translate to abrogation of the cultural identity and heritage of the State.

When e reach election time the 3 languages go become necessary 😁😁😁😁

Nice development. Promote local languages. Parents teach your children your local languages and stop making English to be superior.