23 March 2008
Enugu — A retired secondary school principal, Mr Peter Umeh, has called on Ndigbo to preserve their language in order not to destroy the rich cultural heritage of the people.
Umeh told (NAN) in Enugu that the identity of any tribe was its language and that without language, a tribe would be incomplete and without identifiable root.
"Every tribe cherishes and protects its language because the extinction, marked the end and recognition of that tribe," he said.
He expressed dissatisfaction that lgbo language was gradually becoming extinct because some lgbo children abroad do not know how to speak the language following the failure of their parents to teach them.
Umeh called on parents to teach their children how to speak lgbo language first, before any other language.He said that Ohanaeze Ndigbo should preserve and promote lgbo language by making the teaching of the language compulsory in all primary and post-primaryschools.
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