LAMATA Begins Train Announcements In Yoruba After Lagos Assembly Summon

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has begun to use Yoruba language in train announcements.

Our correspondent observed videos of LAMATA officials making announcements in the Yoruba Language at the train station on Wednesday.

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Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday summoned LAMATA to appear before it over its failure to use Yoruba in train announcements.

LAMATA, according to the to the Lagos House of Assembly has so far turned down its directive to add Yoruba to languages it uses for announcements and instructions in its train services.

The House further noted that since the year 2017 when the bill on compulsory teaching of Yoruba in schools was passed in Lagos, the state had made conscious efforts to encourage the use of the language in public places.

It added that this should be sustained across Lagos state.

The Lagos House of Assembly, therefore, invited LAMATA to appear and explain the reasons for not adopting the use of Yoruba language.

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