Nigerian organization
CONAECDA (acronym for Conference of Autochthonous Ethnic Nationalities Communities Development Associations ) is an organization that serves as a coalition of indigenous ethnic communities in central and northern Nigeria .[ 1] language development ,[ 2] community development , and indigenous land rights .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Overview
CONAECDA has chapters in 15 Nigerian states, including Kogi State ,[ 6] Benue State , Yobe State ,[ 7] Kwara State , Plateau State ,[ 8] Kaduna State , Bauchi State , Nassarawa State , Taraba State , Adamawa State , Niger State , and other states.
Many ethnic groups from the Middle Belt of Nigeria have representatives with CONAECDA.[ 9]
The Secretary General of CONAECDA is Dr. Suleman A.D. Sukukum.[ 10]
Indigenous languages
CONAECDA is active in promoting minority and local ethnic languages in Nigeria . It has asked state governments in Nigeria to allow local ethnic languages to be taught in the educational system.[ 11] language development , language education , community development , and indigenous rights .[ 12] [ 13] [ 14] SIL International on language documentation and development.[ 15]
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References
^ "Northern groups vow: We will retrieve our lands from Fulani gunmen" . Tribune Online . 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2022-01-16 .^ "Language & Literature" . Berom Educational and Cultural Organization . 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2022-01-16 .^ "Groups vow to tackle criminality in northern Nigeria" . Daily Post Nigeria . 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2022-01-16 .^ "Indigenous northern ethnic groups move to resist Fulani herdsmen's attacks" . Platinum Post News . 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2022-01-16 .^ "We're Coming After You To Reclaim Our Lands, Communities – Coalition Of 400 Northern Groups Threatens Herdsmen" . Sahara Reporters . 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2022-01-16 .^ "CONAECDA Felicitates with Attah Igala, HRM Mathew Opaluwa on the Successful ascention of the throne" . The Nigerian Post . 2021-11-29. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-16 .^ "Insecurity threatens existence of minority languages in Nigeria-CONAECDA" . The Sun Nigeria . 18 August 2019. Retrieved 2022-01-16 .^ Roger Blench (2018-12-02). "Kay Williamson Educational Foundation (KWEF) | Report to Trustees covering financial year 2017-2018" (PDF) . Retrieved 2022-01-17 . ^ "Middle Belt Groups allege Fulani herdsmen have taken over their ancestral homelands" . Vanguard News . 2016-05-03. Archived from the original on 2022-01-16. Retrieved 2022-01-16 .^ Madugu, Ralph (2021-08-26). "We Are Coming to Recover our Lands – Autochthonous Communities to Land Grabbers" . Retrieved 2022-01-16 . ^ Blench, Roger (2020). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (PDF) . Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. ^ "Language should be responsible tool for nationalism-Mike Rueck" . Enduring News . 2019-12-03. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-16 .^ Blench, Roger. 2019. Old data and new technologies: the seamless integration of linguistics, literacy and translation for Nigerian minority languages
^ Blench, Roger (2020-12-31). "Research on the Plateau languages of Central Nigeria". Afrika und Übersee . 93 . Hamburg University Press: 3– 44. doi :10.15460/auue.2021.93.1.209 (inactive 11 July 2025). {{cite journal }}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link )^ Ken Decker, John Muniru, Julius Dabet, Benard Abraham, Jonah Innocent. 2020. A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Kyoli (Cori) [cry] Language of Kaduna State, Nigeria
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