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

Sometimes I wonder if you guys have sense at all when you write, so your own defense of the rubbish that happened at NTA, is that yakubu Gowon just woke up one morning and forgot the hausa language he has been speaking since childhood, even if eventually it didn't happen inside the NTA but it was NTA that aired it.

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.

Was it ECOWAS or was it NTA that cut the transmission when he refused speaking hausa?

The fault should be with the Ecowas protocol and PR people. If they wanted General Gowon to read the letter in Hausa, then they should have told him ahead of time. You can't just ambush him in the hall.

Secondly, a letter to a head of state is not something to joke about. Any small error could lead to an incident. Therefore the translation must be perfect.

All kinds of funny people are trying to put words in Gowon's mouth, but I'll go with what the General actually said. He said that he has only spoken English in the past 8 or 9 years and that he has forgotten how to. That is understandable.

People who don't speak a language for a long time often lose confidence (that's what leads to the phenomenon of, "I understand, but I can't speak" ).

If you want someone to translate a document that is as important as a letter to a head of state and you want him to do it in an important place like the Ecowas Headquarters and before the world's media, then you need to be sure that he is very comfortable with the language.

Below is the distribution of Hausa speakers.

You might have noticed that I have stopped reading posts by funny people. The reason is simple.

All they do is post, "I am angry" or post, "I don't want you to do that", or post meaningless insults or try and derail by talking about irrelevant things. None of them addresses the issues in a meaningful way.

The only people that try to address the issues simply raise questions that have been answered in the first post (they didn't read it, neither did they watch the videos or click the links).

Nobody has time for that.

Chucks13:
So Mr Naptune so you mean those watching and witnessed the nonsense are stupid ba?

yes, very stupid... If u watch d clip and still concluded that NTA asked him to speak in hausa then u r also very stupid

Anyone that wants to ask me any question should read through the thread very well and make sure that I have not already answered the question

So how does this solve nigeria problems

ufotunang:
So how does this solve nigeria problems

Simple, create a thread about solving Nigeria's problems. This thread is not about solving Nigeria's problem, it is about whether the NTA asked General Gowon to speak Hausa.

This is another way to say the famous "It's not Tinubu but the FG". ECOWAS also asked NTA to cut off a live transmission.

Judolisco:
yes, very stupid... If u watch d clip and still concluded that NTA asked him to speak in hausa then u r also very stupid

https://twitter.com/_weyimi/status/1760946301057789957/video/1

Ensa777:


https://twitter.com/_weyimi/status/1760946301057789957/video/1

u see ensa, it's important for you to have a mind of your own.... From d link you shared.... The poster on twitter said he (gowon) was about to talk on the Nigerian civil war, and dats jst a big lie, gowon jst finished his speech and was about to leave when they said, he should give a speech in hausa, because it's a common language in Niger Republic ....thats why I said watch d full video d OP posted.... And draw your own personal conclusions.....

d twitter poster knw d igbo people hate gowon and used him as a clickbait to get engagements and Elon musk money......

Gowon went to discuss about ecowas internal issues, wetin concern biafra matter inside again?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w_xojxPBIY?si=YGnBAHG6ADazzO-I

"It wasn't Nigeria that tried to invade Niger... it was ECOWAS... Nigeria is just in charge of and heads ECOWAS" OP is dishonest

I thought it was bad before, but there is absolutely no sense and logic in the last one up there.

U09ce:
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.

Are you sure....I am from Plateau too like Gowon though from a different ethnic group.

I deliberately stopped speaking Hausa since the early 1990s to the point I cannot say I care to remember the chunk of it.

There is something called simple self respect and positive ethnic pride. The Plateau folks need more of it.

I will rate and cherish to learn and speak Hebrew or even Japanese over and above a puny Hausa.

naptu2:
Anyone that wants to ask me any question should read through the thread very well and make sure that I have not already answered the question

Yeah Naptu...I know you created the thread to emphasize that it was the ECOWAS dude that asked Gowon to speak Hausa and not NTA.

Even if it was the ECOWAS initiating the sudden strange foray into Hausa....it certainly made things a lot more awkward for NTA to cut off the live broadcast instantly there ...am I right.

J3susFr3ak:


Are you sure....I am from Plateau too like Gowon though from a different ethnic group.

I deliberately stopped speaking Hausa since the early 1990s to the point I cannot say I care to remember the chunk of it.

There is something called simple self respect and positive ethnic pride. The Plateau folks need more of it.

I will rate and cherish to learn and speak Hebrew or even Japanese over and above a puny Hausa.

You're free to do whatever you like. But you should know for a fact that Hausa is the lingua franca in Plateau State. The only northern states where it's not are Benue, Kwara and Kogi.

U09ce:

You're free to do whatever you like. But you should know for a fact that Hausa is the lingua franca in Plateau State. The only northern states where it's not are Benue, Kwara and Kogi.

It may or may not be. I do not care. It is not in the nation's or state's constitution. Any non Hausa Middle Belt State should be free to actively promote their own native indigenous languages also.

Trying to use a bloody Sahel language to tactically claim areas of the Christian Middle Belt. What a failed strategy.

Judolisco:
yes, very stupid... If u watch d clip and still concluded that NTA asked him to speak in hausa then u r also very stupid

Oh my God! So the simple question I asked Neptun not even you now mean you should called me stupid?

NL OP I guess you read this guy replied to a question I never asked him in the first place by the time I fire my missiles back to reset his brain then don't remind me of rul 2 ok.

Thanks.

naptu2:


See this is the crazy thing. The topic is very clear and so is the first post, but none of these people are posting about that. They are all making all kinds of things up in their heads and posting about that.

Uncle people can see nothernisation handwriting clearly. It's part of it. Those that are saying Gowon should translate to Hausa are not doing enough to educate those Hausa speakers that English is global and French sef na the official language of Niger, Burkina Faso and Guinea.

naptu2:

What the hell does what you just posted have to do with this thread??

It's the feeling of northernisation naa! Privileges enjoyed to the extent of religious radicalization made a nitwit to say such about wife of president of his country. See evil guts!

J3susFr3ak:


Yeah Naptu...I know you created the thread to emphasize that it was the ECOWAS dude that asked Gowon to speak Hausa and not NTA.

Even if it was the ECOWAS initiating the sudden strange foray into Hausa....it certainly made things a lot more awkward for NTA to cut off the live broadcast instantly there ...am I right.

1) NTA ending the live transmission (if that's what really happened, because I no longer trust these people) did not make a damn thing more awkward.

2) There is absolutely nothing strange about NTA ending the live transmission. That's what they often do when things get rowdy

3) What on earth is this strange obsession with NTA ending the live transmission and what on earth has it got to do with the topic of the thread (I seriously suspect that it is just an attempt to derail the thread because the allegation that NTA tried to force Gowon to speak Hausa has been proven to be false)

Goodlady:

Uncle people can see nothernisation handwriting clearly. It's part of it. Those that are saying Gowon should translate to Hausa are not doing enough to educate those Hausa speakers that English is global and French sef na the official language of Niger, Burkina Faso and Guinea.

It's the feeling of northernisation naa! Privileges enjoyed to the extent of religious radicalization made a nitwit to say such about wife of president of his country. See evil guts!

Is it northernisation in Niger Republic, Benin, Togo and Ghana? How do you even know that the person that asked Gowon to translate is Nigerian?

What is the most spoken language in Niger (one of the countries that is pulling out of Ecowas)?

Let me just try to humour you for one post only.

naptu2:
Anyway, there would have been nothing strange or wrong if the NTA had asked to interview him in Hausa.

There would be nothing wrong if NTA asked an Hausa speaker and not insist on it when told otherwise.
I have seen several interviews in Hausa, but none of the guest were pressured into speaking it.
Defending an hypothetical theoretical is still a wrong.

ivolt:

There would be nothing wrong if NTA asked an Hausa speaker and not insist on it when told otherwise.
I have seen several interviews in Hausa, but none of the guest were pressured into speaking it.
Defending a wrong even if theoretical is wrong.

1) The NTA did not ask anybody to speak in Hausa.

2) General Gowon previously spoke Hausa, but as he said, he hasn't for 8 or 9 years.

3) Nobody insisted or pressured anything. The full video is on the first post. The MC said that the letter will be translated to Hausa and General Gowon said nobody told him that he will translate it into Hausa and that he has spoken only English for 8 or 9 years. Omar Touray asked Gowon what was happening and the General explained that the MC said that he would translate the letter to Hausa.

If you want to know my views on Ecowas asking Gowon to speak Hausa without first informing him, simply go through the thread, I can't repeat myself.

If you want to hear General Gowon speaking Hausa, simply check the first post, I can't post it again.

Aha! I'll add one more thing.

The video on yesterday's thread was very short and it aided a certain narrative. I posted the full video on this thread and it destroys that narrative.

1) General Gowon was not angry at all. Instead he was laughing and joking that they have staged a coup and an ambush.

2) Some funny people claimed that General Gowon does not want to speak Hausa because he doesn't want to speak the language of the killers of his people. Yet he spoke Hausa right there!

He said that his Hausa is not good enough to be able to translate what was written. He said that if he is just talking to them conversationally, then it would be OK. One of the people began speaking to him in Hausa and he replied.

So it's just as I said, an occassion like that deserved a better form of translation and it's not that General Gowon cannot speak Hausa, but his Hausa is not good enough for that kind of occasion. Watch the video (this is the full video, not that short thing that was posted yesterday).

Start from the 8:45 minute mark.




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

I will stop responding to questions on this thread when the football starts. You can save your questions till the next thread on this subject.

naptu2:


Is it northernisation in Niger Republic, Benin, Togo and Ghana? How do you even know that the person that asked Gowon to translate is Nigerian?

What is the most spoken language in Niger (one of the countries that is pulling out of Ecowas)?

Let me just try to humour you for one post only.

Eyin jebi ti e o honour post mi.
Thanks for the honour beebee!
Anyways your posts are mostly educative. I love the way you give us update about Aunty Assisat Oshoala. Female football in Nigeria isn't getting enough recognition and on this site, I v seen you post about female footballers mostly Oshoala.
And I like your nostalgia posts on music too.
E lenu bi kettle!

naptu2:
I will stop responding to questions on this thread when the football starts. You can save your questions till the next thread on this subject.

Sorry, time up.

J3susFr3ak:


It may or may not be. I do not care. It is not in the nation's or state's constitution. Any non Hausa Middle Belt State should be free to actively promote their own native indigenous languages also.

Trying to use a bloody Sahel language to tactically claim areas of the Christian Middle Belt. What a failed strategy.

It's your hate of Islam and muslims that is driving your decision. No wonder, the once peaceful state has turned violent due to the actions of your ilk. Your people block roads and throw innocent traveller into ponds. They kill whom they call 'settlers" at will. You deny a significant population representation just because they are muslims. So, if you like go and seal the lips of all your brothers who speak Hausa.

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

Very concise... Succinctly stated.

U09ce:


It's your hate of Islam and muslims that is driving your decision. No wonder, the once peaceful state has turned violent due to the actions of your ilk. Your people block roads and throw innocent traveller into ponds. They kill whom they call 'settlers" at will. You deny a significant population representation just because they are muslims. So, if you like go and seal the lips of all your brothers who speak Hausa.

You see how you are being a core hypocrite here too.... It is the same YOU and YOUR CORE NORTHERN MUSLIM kind that will definitely and boldly encourage the Niger Delta minorities to differentiate themselves from their Igbo neighbours and fully embrace their own native tongues since playing up this type of ethnic differences conveniently helps the Nigerian State exploit their oil revenues that has MOSTLY benefitted you up the dry Sahel without a lick of oil.

While playing up the distinctions of Southern minorities for convenient politics and greed, you hypocritically and simultaneously want to do everything to suppress and choke the Middle Belt Christian minorities who had even nothing to do with you before the coming of the British, to give a false impression that your Hausa are the only homogenous group representative of the so called North. Nonsense lies!

How many States do you have in the NW and NE again....So if the Middble Belt minorities want to jealously protect their identities and the only States they have to fully exercise their autonomy...let them have at it.

Let the Muslims go back and monopolize their own Sharia States too....no sweat. Do not just think that your shameless greed and desire to also get and control what genuinely belongs to others will be tolerated....just as you also do not tolerate any infringement on your own Shara spheres by outsiders.

And poor Deborah is an ever STRONG warning about the hypocrisy and undying bloodlust of your Islam.

Is it that comprehension has become a problem with the average Nigerian, going by the comments on the first page? I read the OP and the explanation was very clear, so I am scratching my head at the comments. People no longer read to understand; their brains seem to filter out common sense. They now read to reaffirm their already preconceived notions on a subject, and when what they reading doesn't conform to those notions, they start typing rubbish.