French experts have listed benefits, especially in education and career development, derivable from learning French and adopting it as a second language in Nigeria.

Speaking, yesterday, at the kick-off of this year’s French Week, tagged, French Up Your Career, held at the University of Lagos Multipurpose Hall, experts, drawn from France and Nigeria, took participants through the different ways they could get international career just by having knowledge of the French language.

The French Week, organised by the French-Nigerian Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the French Embassy in Nigeria, brought together academics and creators of opportunities.

Hosted by UNILAG, the event was attended by students and others, not just from UNILAG, but from other universities all over Nigeria.

According to the linguistic attaché for the French Embassy, Magaly Losange, the National Policy on Education states that French is the second official language in Nigeria and that its teaching is compulsory at lower secondary level.

She added that the teaching of French remained a priority for many universities, convinced of the importance of the language, given the economic and diplomatic links that unite Nigeria with neighbouring French-speaking countries.