NICO to hold 2016 indigenous language programme

The National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture will host the 2016 edition of its annual 4-week Nigerian Indigenous Language Programme (NILP). A press release signed by Caleb Nor, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of NICO, Dr. Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma says participation in this year’s […]

The National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture will host the 2016 edition of its annual 4-week Nigerian Indigenous Language Programme (NILP).
A press release signed by Caleb Nor, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of NICO, Dr. Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma says participation in this year’s edition of the programme, scheduled for 10am-3pm daily, beginning from Tuesday, 2nd-30th August, 2016 at the Institute’s head office at Wuse Zone 7, Abuja as well as its Zonal Offices, is free.
The statement further said that the programme, which is in line with the Institute’s mandate of harnessing culture for national development, seeks to create awareness on the need to speak indigenous languages, create a sense of pride in these languages, foster national pride/identity, encourage and preserve our indigenous languages as well as stimulate creativity in science and technology through the use of indigenous languages.
This year’s Abuja edition of the NICO Indigenous Language Programme (NILP) is expected to feature six (6) languages to include; Efik, Gbagyi, Igbo, Hausa, Tiv and Yoruba.