EPISODE ONE: Linguistic barrier in governance: is Yaman a victim?

        ALH. SHUAIBU YAMAN ABDULLAHI



What is a Language barrier and is language a barrier?

Simply put, the language barrier is the difficulties in communication experienced by people or groups originally speaking different languages, or even dialects in some cases.
Language barrier impedes the formation of interpersonal relationships and can cause misunderstandings that lead to conflict, frustration, offence, violence, hurt feelings, and wasting time, effort, money, and lives of the people. 

Languages should not be a concern, they are not a barrier – to the contrary, they should be celebrated.

Kwara State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria. Its capital is Ilorin. The major ethnic groups in Kwara State are Yoruba, Nupe, Baruba and Fulani.

Alhaji Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi, an indigene of Shonga, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. A business tycoon with over thirty-five years of successful corporate experience has a strong track record of fiscal, strategic and operational leadership in the dynamic Nigerian business landscape,  and he has established a chain of businesses in various parts of the country, predominantly in the Northern part of the country. His lifelong and mutual relationship with the North over a few decades makes him a fluent Hausa speaker.
Concerning his acquired languages, Alhaji Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi can be described as a fluent polyglot with the ability to speak  English, Hausa, Yoruba and Nupe languages. 
This unique linguistic ability has helped him close, to a reasonable extent, the communication gap which is one of the major challenges being faced in every multicultural society like Kwara state.

Dear Kwarans, I present to you, a man you can easily speak your native dialect with and express your concern by telling him where the shoes hurt your legs.

Speak to YAMAN in your native dialects, he UNDERSTANDS!!!

It's a new dawn in KWARA!

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