Indigenous languages can’t stop children from becoming successful
A university teacher and writer, Prof. Oladejo Afolayan, and the Commissioner for Education in Osun State, Mr. Kola Omotunde-Young, have called on parents and teachers to communicate with their children in indigenous Nigerian languages.Both men noted that, contrary to general belief, speaking indigenous languages to children would not stop them from becoming successful professionals.
Addressing students at the third book fair organised by Joyous Innovations Sixty Seven, held at the Osogbo Government High School, Osogbo on Wednesday, Afolayan and Omotunde-Young said that most of the highly successful persons around the world first learnt to speak their mother-tongues.
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OAU Sex For Mark: Monica Osagie Scored 45 And Not 33
A post- graduate student of the Department of Management and Accounting, Obafemi Awolowo University , Ms . Monica Osagie, who accused Prof . Richard Akindele , of demanding sex from her to upgrade her mark has appeared before the committee set up by the university to investigate the scandal.
While narrating what happened during the meeting to journalists, she said Osagie scored 45 in the course which Akindele taught her and not 33 that the lecturer claimed that she scored.
“ The school reaffirmed that she passed and that she scored 45 and not 33 and the man (prof .) did not give her mark . Apparently the man was using the 33 as a bait to get her.
“ She talked about her understanding of what happened. She talked about the fact that she is a good student and that she passed all her courses. That she shouldn’t have failed the course and that she checked and found out that she passed and that the 33 the man talked about must have been his (lecturer) imagination .
“ It must also have been a way of negotiating with her to get her to bow to his wish , which was the reason she recorded the conversation .”
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FG SET TO INCREASE ALLOWANCE OF CORPS MEMBERS
Sulaiman Kazaure, the Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), says the increase in corps members monthly allowance would be determined by the new national minimum wage ”when it takes effect around September 2018.”
The official said this on Monday while fielding questions from journalists newsmen shortly after the swearing-in ceremony of the 2018 Batch ‘A’ corps members at the NYSC orientation camp in Kusalla, Karaye Local Government Area of Kano state.
According to him, “our efforts to ensure that the monthly allowance of the corps members is increased have yielded a very good result following series of discussion with the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige.”
Mr Kazaure added that the N18,800 paid to them is grossly inadequate to cater for their needs during the mandatory one year service to the nation.
The federal government had set-up a committee to look into the upward review of the minimum wage which he said will also determine the increase of the corps members’ allowance.
“We have been assured that when the new minimum wage takes effect, also the corps members allowance will be reviewed upward,” Mr Kazaure assured.
The NYSC DG also disclosed that 82,000 corps members were deployed nationwide for the 2018 Batch ‘A’ orientation course across various states except those with security challenges.
In his remarks, the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, urged the corps members to shun all acts capable of denting the image of the scheme or which would sour their relationship with the camp officials.
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