bokohalal:


Arabic alphabets doesn't mean Arabic language.

opey25:
perfect response for the bigots.some universities(eg University of Ibadan ) in Nigeria have Latin as their motto. We muslims didn't complain that Latin is one of roman Catholic languages.

Fumbaby:


Eaya sorry Jesus will console you.

sweetgala:
It is one of the languages we speak. On many of the insignia worldwide the Latin language is used even when none of them speak Latin and never did as a nation.

mahyowah:
however, Arabic isn't bad, and lemme even correct the notion that only Arabs use Arabic, Christians in the middle east use same. Mr. Itk pls learn to respect other people's religion if you must succeed in a mixed religious nation. aslong as the inscription didn't mean boko haram, I am fine with it and FYI my dad is a soldier and I am Christian and I am proud of all Christians & Muslims in the Nig. Army

walexwalata:
everything to some people is politics in Nigeria. what is wrong in us having the logo what it is? If you think with your religion, you must have your way in everything in Nigeria, then you are not fair and you cannot realize your expectation. How would you see it if the Muslims too ask for holiday on Fridays to allow them go to mosque like you people do on Sunday? You diplomatically argue, mend and manipulate issues to favour yourselves rather than allowing God to have His way. We understand the basis of your question. ''no be today''

Muslims are the best of mankind!

Zaikon:
why are u guys just seeing dis

kolanpas:
the last time i checked cross was the on our hospitals which is cristain symbol,saturday and sunday are our holiday which are cristain day of worship and cristainity was brought to nigeria by english men and north have been practising islam and writing in Arabic b4 they came.i think alot of things need to be changed

bigeagleeye:

My strong take is that he will pretend as if it is not as important as getting jobs for the Nigerian youths!
Muslim /Christian sentiments will always be here for a long while! Check from even amongst young people on Nairaland...if the question is put here...
If you want that Arabic insignia removed...all the AYEs will be Christians and all the NAYs will be Muslims! As in all on both sides of the divide..so where do we go from here?

kolanpas:
the last time i checked cross was the on our hospitals which is cristain symbol,saturday and sunday are our holiday which are cristain day of worship and cristainity was brought to nigeria by english men and north have been practising islam and writing in Arabic b4 they came.i think alot of things need to be changed

mahyowah:
however, Arabic isn't bad, and lemme even correct the notion that only Arabs use Arabic, Christians in the middle east use same. Mr. Itk pls learn to respect other people's religion if you must succeed in a mixed religious nation. aslong as the inscription didn't mean boko haram, I am fine with it and FYI my dad is a soldier and I am Christian and I am proud of all Christians & Muslims in the Nig. Army

erusen:
it pains that i must qoute you so missionaries were crusaders.oh was mary slessor a crusader too

Nnabugwu8590:

My dear, your point is baseless in the sense that if you open your english dictionary, you will see thousands of Latin and Greek words there together with their meanings.
So, my questions are:
Who wrote the dictionary?
How many Arabian and Persian words are in the english dictionary?
Are the words Biology and Mathematics originated from english words?
Thanks as I await for your answers.

Flairoqy:


Where from please? I hate liars!

opey25:
we also want to know why Latin is being used in most legal phrases,we also want to know why some universities use Latin as their motto.

United4lyf:
she wasn't but I guess the white men who sold our forefathers into slavery and colonized us were muslims or atheists right?

ODUBEZE:

My dear U sound a bit emotional!
Arabic, Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, French etc is a language and non is bad!
But the application in this subject matter is wrong!
That a President/leader understand a foreign language does not justify it usage in a national currency.
If U own a company, do U communicate with your employees with your dialect or in our lingual franca?
This case is simple devoid of any argument my brother.
I love everyone too as I also have them as good friends but the truth we cannot hide from each other!

Werehkpe:


University of Ibadan motto is Recte Sapere Fons - Why dem no write am for English. Is Latin our lingua franca. Hissss
Una can complain over trivial and irrelevant things

If they wrote the army motto in English some HEdiots will ask "why dem no write am in pidgin" so everyone can understand.

Hisss

selfemployed:


why not write it igbo, or yoruba language? does the nigerian army belong to arabs?

Ihejirika, johnathan and obasanjo were there and could not corect all these rubbish
is it buhari and elrufai that will correct it?

Mogidi:
Everything in Nigeria is Islamic, check the inscription on our currency also.

Nnabugwu8590:

English language contains Latin and Greek words

sweetgala:


Islamic clerics speak it, and there is proof that many decades ago before the advent of British education system many more people used it in the courts of the Kano sultanate and in the Bornu Empire by scribes. It is also a lettering which predates most others.

logica:
...and how does your latter scenario of Latin compare to this? People are questioning why Ajami (which is basically Hausa) inscription is in The Nigerian Army logo, you are talking about Latin (which nobody speaks anymore in it's pure form, and has long been the language of the "learned" such as in professions as Law).

mahyowah:
did u know there is a Jewish logo on one of our national currency? well if you have a problem with the Arabic inscription, goto court or shut up!

mahyowah:
did u know there is a Jewish logo on one of our national currency? well if you have a problem with the Arabic inscription, goto court

tk4rd:
The Nigerian Army logo is an item of national importance.. A lot of things need to be corrected.

sweetgala:
It is one of the languages we speak. On many of the insignia worldwide the Latin language is used even when none of them speak Latin and never did as a nation.

Princedapace:


guy, call a spade a spade ps...that arabic writing is nonsense....this country tire me...that coud have been written in English...not arabic.

You can imagine if that was writtten in Jews...this country is sick...built on faulty foundation

northvietnam:


why write it in Arabic, is Arabic our lingual franca