Nollywood actor Yul Edochie has has expressed concern over the growing trend of Nigerian children who cannot speak thir native languages. He recently revealed that the sad trend is mostly rampant among kids who are of Igbo heritage.
In a post shared via his official Facebook page, Yul lamented that several Igbo kids often struggle to communicate fluently in their mother tongue nowadays, and it is mostly due to parental neglect.
According to him, the reality is a parental failure that must be corrected as soon as possible because indigenous language preservation should be crucial in every home.
“Many of us who are Igbos, our children cannot speak Igbo. It’s a failure on our part that must be corrected moving forward,” he wrote.
His remarks have since sparked heated debate across social media, with some users supporting his call for cultural revival, while others blamed the dominance of English in schools and society for children failing to learn their native dialects.
