Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- The Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary, Education District II, Mrs. Anike Adekanye, has reiterated the importance of the Mother Tongue in society's development, adding that the use of traditional languages helps shape people's identity, preserve their heritage and connect them to their roots.

This was contained in her statement delivered at an event organised by the Egbe Akomolede Anti Asa Yoruba (Yoruba Teachers Association), Lagos State Chapter, held recently at the Baptists Senior High School, Obanikoro, Lagos, to mark the Year 2025 International Mothers Tongue Day (Ayeye Ayajo Ede Abinibi Agbaye Odun 2025).

She advised that Mother Tongues should be given priority over other languages in the school curriculum, sayi...