ON MOTHER TONGUES DAY TODAY 21/2/2026.
President, Rivers State Indigenous Language Teachers Association and CEO Rivers Language Centre, PH,
Director, Ikwere Language School.
Language is life. It’s our culture and identity. As we commemorate the day, we call on parents to think about the future in a world where their kids would not sustain the language as handed over to them from antiquity. The Government should shift focus on the Youths as the hope of the Linguistic future. Every school should have an employed indigenous language teacher who will handle the mother tongue inculcation of the language of the immediate environment of each school.
Irrespective of the recent views on language teachings, we remain committed to sustaining our diversity as a people via language promotion.
