Lasun Alagbe
Many Yoruba fans of BBNaija star, Laycon, are negatively surprised that his Yoruba is far from being fluent.
This became obvious on Wednesday evening as he answers questions on an ongoing BBC Yoruba programme.
Apart from the fact that he lavishly mixes his speech with English expressions, he does not know the meaning of words such as korikosun (intimate friend) and fonron (tape, music, track or album).
Laycon is, however, surprisingly good at yoruba tone-marking, as evident in the way he swiftly tone-marked his surname – Agbelesebioba.
Meanwhile, controversy still greets Ogun State Governor’s decision to reward Laycn with N5m and a house, after winning the N85m competition.
Speaking on this, Laycon said everyone should support the governor’s gesture because all hands ought to be on the deck for society to experience developmen.
Experts would agree that Laycon’s issue with his mother tongue is a symptom of what pervades the polity.
From North to South, millions of young Nigerians can no more speak or write their MTs, with the fear that the indigenous languages ace extinction.
