This was stated during a recent courtesy call from French Ambassador to Nigeria, Denys Gaver to the Minister of State for Education, Prof Anthony Anwukah.
Anwukah said, ''French language is a matter of necessity. We have to because we have Cameroon, Niger, Chad, Benin Republic, Togo Guinea, and Ivory Coast surrounding us and so there is need for us to get more Nigerians to become proficient in French language. This is good for the continent; it is good for us as a nation. It is good for our brothers at the borders because it will enable us to communicate with them effectively. We plead that you consider it a lot more expedient in helping us train our teachers in French both for the primary school level, secondary level and tertiary level. So far, we have demonstrated the enthusiasm to foster the teaching and learning of French in Nigerian schools which are the tertiary, basic and secondary levels and our main concern now is the training of sufficient number of French teachers within our school system.''
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