{"id":148507,"date":"2019-09-01T17:09:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T16:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=148507"},"modified":"2019-09-01T22:00:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T21:00:05","slug":"ruga-we-will-introduce-fulfulde-language-in-schools-zamfara-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=148507","title":{"rendered":"RUGA: We will introduce Fulfulde language in schools &#8211; Zamfara gov&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"ds-1col file file-image file-image-jpeg view-mode-embedded centered clearfix block-story-object block-story-object-resource block-story-object-resource-image\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-asset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-embedded\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RUGA-Zamfara-To-Introduce-Fulfulde-Language-In-Schools.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"container container-pod container-pod-short\"><span class=\"adunit-parent hide block-module block-module-ad block-module-ad-300x250\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Zamfara State Government has said that it would introduce Fulfulde language in the curriculum of schools to aid the operation of Rural Grazing Area settlement in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Bello Matawalle disclosed this in Gusau, the capital, when he received the state\u2019s master plan for the project from the consultant.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, Emir of Mafara, Alhaji Muhammad Barmo, speaking on behalf of the state\u2019s Council of Chiefs, urged the state government to include the Fulani language in schools\u2019 curriculum to ensure the smooth running of the project.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Matawalle thereafter directed the state Ministry of Education to immediately start working on the inclusion of the Fulfulde language in schools\u2019 curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThis will boost the use of our local languages by our upcoming generations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince we have promised to establish primary and secondary schools at the new RUGA settlements, we will ensure that the local language is not forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the governor announced that the establishment of the RUGA settlement would commence during the celebration of his 100 days in office.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zamfara State Government has said that it would introduce Fulfulde language in the curriculum of schools to aid the operation of Rural Grazing Area settlement in the state. Governor Bello Matawalle disclosed this in Gusau, the capital, when he received the state\u2019s master plan for the project from the consultant. During the event, Emir [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[2658,13126,12563,271],"class_list":["post-148507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-a","tag-fulfulde","tag-ruga","tag-zamfara"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/148508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}