BreakingNow: Facebook Adds Yoruba, Igbo ToList Of Its Languages

In fulfillment of promised made last week when he
visited Nigeria, the world most populous black
nation, the social media giant, facebook founder,
Mr. Mark Zuckerberge has added Yoruba and Igbo
languages to Facebook language options
Before, now, Hausa language was already a
facebook language

During his visit to Nigeria, Zuckerberg said social
media application currently allowed the use of
Hausa language on Facebook.

He said: “I am glad we support Hausa and we are
planning on supporting a lot more languages soon.”

Zuckerberg also expressed his willingness to work
with local content providers in bringing Nigerian
communities to the internet.

He said having local contents on the Facebook
platform would ensure that more people were
connected.

According to him, in the next 10 to 15 years,
Facebook hopes to get everyone in the world
connected online.

Checked this morning discovered Yoruba Language
has also been added.

Yoruba language option on facebook has partially
become functional, but Igbo yet to be. probably
both are still on developmental stages.

But so far, so good, its a good omen for our local
languages.

To Change your facebook language, visit language
option on your facebook account and pick either
Hausa, Yoruba or Igbo'