Northern Television Authority

Nothing about this channel interests me

Both the initial rumour and this debunking is much ado about nothing. Why should anyone give two rats' asses who chooses to speak the local Lingua or not?

Y'all are staying away from the real issues. It's month end. We will be restocking our houses for next month. Unfortunately, there will be a 10% increase on the prices you bought last month.

Those are the real issues. Not language banter.

naptu2:
Previous thread: NTA Cuts LIVE Program As Yakubu Gowon Refuses To Speak In Hausa (video)
https://www.nairaland.com/8009088/nta-cuts-live-program-yakubu

You have now made the molehill bigger. The man refused to speak Hausa or the man has forgotten how to speak Hausa, you already know his motive. He won't be identified speaking the language of those killing his people on a daily, full stop!

kiyosaki1:

Stop being economical with the truth. Multiple channel or not you just confirmed that he was asked to speak in Hausa, stop misleading people with your usual use of so called facts to cover the truth we are not all ill informed on this forum. You can fool some people all the time but can't fool all the people all the time

A total load of crap with no substance at all. What is the problem? Is it comprehension or is it that you didn't even read the post at all?

Communication needs to be meaningful to be effective, but your post lacks any meaning at all.

Let's see who's next.

kiyosaki1:

Stop being economical with the truth. Multiple channel or not you just confirmed that he was asked to speak in Hausa, stop misleading people with your usual use of so called facts to cover the truth we are not all ill informed on this forum. You can fool some people all the time but can't fool all the people all the time

Thank you jareh. Naptu can use his old age to decieve his gullible teenage agbadorians on this site.

emmybobo1:

But have reasoned why the Ecowas official would want him to speak in Hausa ?

It's all there in the post, except you want to give us a conspiracy theory?

VikingKing:
Today, Nigerians will find out how nairaland has become a tool in the hands of the APC, and how Naptu2 is a dubious character.

Aha! You see? Not one attempt to address the topic of the thread. Just some useless and worthless allegation that I couldn't give a damn about.

Keep them coming.

BeardedMeat:
You have now made the molehill bigger. The man refused to speak Hausa or the man has forgotten how to speak Hausa, you already know his motive. He won't be identified speaking the language of those killing his people on a daily, full stop!

Aha! This one is a mind reader that knows General Gowon's motive!

But he too failed to address the subject of the thread.

Reading through the Op, it sounded like a kid telling mommy "what really happened". So much innuendos

You go explain tire.

naptu2:


Aha! This one is a mind reader that knows General Gowon's motive!

But he too failed to address the subject of the thread.

I guess you have nothing else you'd rather do with your time this morning, why not start digging a hole in front of your house and by 10am, begin refilling the hole.

ECOWAS should be disbanded. They are not ready to make progress.

You have no idea how much I am enjoying this thread.

The people that attacked the NTA and the Nigerian Government (creating all kinds of ridiculous conspiracy theories and acronymns) are desperately trying to deflect and turn attention away from the fact that it wasn't the NTA or the Nigerian Government that asked Gowon to speak Hausa.

It's very entertaining.

BeardedMeat:
I guess you have nothing else you'd rather do with your time this morning, why not start digging a hole in front of your house and by 10am, begin refilling the hole.

More utter meaningless gibberish.

Have you actually got anything meaningful to contribute?

Ensa777:


Just imagine what you are defending .That's General NTA and not NTA Hausa and Evil Gowon and the NTA media crew should have done their prep on him before coming on live to keep insisting he speaks Hausa.Is Ecowas for Hausa ppl alone if we are to go by your lame narrative?Why are you shameless and everywhere?

To them MB ppl who allowed sojourners overthrow them to the point of you adopting their language,you are soaked in foolishness.

To Gowon, it is good that you are alive to witness the growth of the region you wanted to annihilate,you didn't know we were seeds but your ppl are being wiped out and all your strength has failed you.You suddenly don't speak Hausa anymore.Where did it go to?

no one forgets a language he speaks fluently from birth, he is now woke lolz

⬆️ Guy is still mentioning me

I give people 2 chances to make a meaningful contribution, then they go into my ignore list. I won't read their posts again, I'll just hit the back button when I see their usernames.

He is in my ignore list, but he is desperately trying to get my attention. Isn't that funny?

naptu2:
There was a report yesterday that the NTA asked General Gowon to speak in Hausa. I'll quote it.




This is not true. What actually happened?

General Gowon visited President Tinubu and after meeting with the president, he spoke to journalists and said something interesting.

He said that a report had circulated that Ecowas asked him to give a press conference about the situation in the subregion but he refused. He said that the report was not true. He said that there was some miscommunication, but that he was going to do the press conference that evening. Here is a video of Gowon's visit to Tinubu and his statement after the visit.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jJiQHJhbpU?si=OEUys95iRA97Hiyx

The reason that General Gowon was asked to do the press conference is because he was one of the founding fathers of Ecowas.

General Gowon had the press conference at the Ecowas Headquarters and seated beside him was the president of the Ecowas Commission, Omar Touray.

The General read a letter that he wrote to heads of state in the subregion and he asked those that wanted to leave Ecowas to come back. He talked about their reasons for founding Ecowas, etc.

He then gave the letter to the president of the commission and asked him to give it to all the heads of state.

After giving the letter to Omar Touray, the MC asked General Gowon to translate it to Hausa. Hausa is the most widely spoken langauge in Niger Republic, one of the countries that wants to leave Ecowas. It is also spoken in Benin, Togo, Ghana and other countries in the region.

However, General Gowon said that he wasn't told that he would have to translate the letter to Hausa and that for 8 or 9 years he has only spoken English and that he can't remember how to speak it. Here is the full video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnzX6bsMRgQ?si=_z3iYuYuZyGyFjxy

It was the Ecowas MC that asked General Gowon to speak in Hausa, not the NTA.


Ecowas knows that Gowon used to speak Hausa, but they didn't know that he has stopped. Here is General Gowon giving an interview to BBC Hausa and he spoke in Hausa here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/4rJY7jV3dkivrpaB/?mibextid=gtsPdC

You failed, woefully, in your cynical attempt to cover up tribal gangsterism ,
Failed and unintelligent defence.

kiyosaki1:

Stop being economical with the truth. Multiple channel or not you just confirmed that he was asked to speak in Hausa, stop misleading people with your usual use of so called facts to cover the truth we are not all ill informed on this forum. You can fool some people all the time but can't fool all the people all the time

Kai! Obi's people, SMH

Hausa is the most spoken native language in the whole of West Africa. Relaying a message in Hausa gives it an amplification that no other language except English/French has. However, the organisers ought to have informed him that he'll needed to speak in Hausa. A large chunk of Nigeriens speak Hausa. Out of the three rebellious nations, only Niger shares a border with Niger. Thus, it's wise to communicate to them in a common lingua franca.
The reason Gowon cited was just to avoid the guys. I believe he meant he hasn't spoken Hausa in a public function in many years. But it's not possible for one to stop speaking a language he grew up communicating with for many decades.

Bloody lies.

fkelly:
If they really wanted him to speak the language they want, they should have held another press conference in their preferred language.

As in..... This guy that wrote that up there just fooled himself

ponishah:

You failed, woefully, in your cynical attempt to cover up tribal gangsterism ,
Failed and unintelligent defence.

If after going through the post and all you can say is he failed, without explaining to us how , then I believe you and your likes here are either dumb or mischievous...

Off to exercise. See you on the other side.

(Let's see if we will have meaningful posts by the time I get back, instead of comical, useless and meaningless personal attacks).

naptu2:


A total load of crap with no substance at all. What is the problem? Is it comprehension or is it that you didn't even read the post at all?

Communication needs to be meaningful to be effective, but your post lacks any meaning at all.

old man, kindly rest. You are going in circles

naptu2:
Anyway, there would have been nothing strange or wrong if the NTA had asked to interview him in Hausa. Some people on that thread acted as if the NTA had just a single channel. The NTA has numerous channels, including language channels and Nigerian languages are also spoken on some of their state stations.

Broadcasters often do multiple interviews with a guest once they've gotten him. A guest could do an interview in English and Hausa at one sitting.

So gowon has forgotten Hausa according to you ?

Una dey defend rubbish no be small..
Anyways that's your business, his inability to speak or not no affect our economy.

This thread is the most stupid thing coming from the Op as yet.
He's desperately trying to deflect attention from the hell fire tinubu opened it's gates on the country.