The President of the association, Mr Adewale Bakare, made the call in a statement made available on Friday in Abuja. The association is based in Bradford, a municipal metropolitan Borough, West Yorkshire, England.
Bakare, who made the call during the association’s Nigeria Community Immigration Conference in Bradford recently, appealed to the Nigerian High Commission (NHC) in the UK to intervene so Nigerian citizens could be exempted. He urged the British government to do away with the requirement of passing English language for doctors, nurses and other migrants who want to enter UK.
He said, “Nigeria being a Commonwealth country where English language is widely spoken as lingua franca, we strongly believe should be exempted from the English language test requirements. We hereby make representation to the Nigerian High Commissioner, on behalf of many Nigerians living in the UK and pray you to apply to the UK Immigration Authority for the exemption of English language requirements accordingly.
The association prayed the High Commission to closely look into ways the British government would assist affected Nigerian immigrants.
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Shuu! I took that exam some years ago n got 8/10. The exam I took n came out all my body was shaking. The exam no be iti mpataka. Ielts tufiakwa
ReplyDelete8/10 or 8/9......because 9 is the overall score.
Deletewith ur type of iq I doubt there is any atom of truth in what u wrote and more over its band of 9. Maybe they gave you extra mark for cheating or you got 10-9 = 1
DeleteAlways say the truth
It's 10.Mr ITK
DeleteHahaha.this is a new score ooo
DeleteBut I feel they are right shaaa
It is 9,ma/sir
DeleteIs good now cos that exam isn t easy oh.
ReplyDeleteThat exams is better scrapped for Nigerians truly, after all our official language is English.
ReplyDeleteSo northerners follow for English as official language.
DeleteYes, I agree. Majority should be exempted however certain criteria’s should be taking into consideration such as the school attended, the curriculum provided etc.
ReplyDeleteIt’s an easy exam so why complain. If you really went to school and you want to work in Britain, your English should be good especially as a professional.
ReplyDeleteGbam! In fact, all the more reason to write the exam as we claim English language as our lingua franca in Nigeria. If you correct anyone's grammar here, they will ask "who English EPP?" E don happen na. The same way you need to have a knowledge and even mastery of most languages like German, Italian, Chinese, Italian and even Arabic if you want good jobs and easy communication in some countries. Oyinbo no go kuku answer. Ghanaians who suppose beg for exemption sef never talk. E come be we wey like to dey remix English with pidgin, slang and our native tongue. Read, write and pass o. If others could, you can too.
DeleteBut it's expensive 75k
DeleteExactly Stella. It's really expensive. I feel they shouldn't scrap it but make it free or cheaper. 75k for English test alone?
DeleteFrom 54 to 75k , next couple of years they were increase the price again.... and they’re our Colonial masters oh...
DeleteIt can't be scrapped cos the British council makes alot from it and honestly like someone else said Nigerians always feel insulted when u correct their grammar... most pple fail ielts on their first attempt and that shows that it is indeed required.
DeleteIt's good, i don't want to experience the test because i heard is not easy
ReplyDeleteSupported..... that exam is not a true test that one can't communicate effectively in English esp when they insist you must get 8 on all segments for doctors. My hubby was lucky to pass at first attempt but his colleague has not been lucky, he has written for 3 times now. Its not tht he is not passing but just that he scored less than 7.5 or8 in one segment, and the guy speaks very well. They should revisit that exam or scrap it
ReplyDeleteNigerians should write the test.
ReplyDeleteThe way people write and comprehend on this blog alone, should tell you why the British insist that It is a requirement.
U just said it for me.
DeleteThey should not scrap it. Until they scrap NYSC.
DeleteLol. Something they use to make money.
ReplyDeleteGbam! Your head is there
DeleteYou ngershoukd shut up
ReplyDeleteEven Canada requires born bred British citizens to pass English test before they grant them residency status.
All you naijas is whine and complain. Do the test and shut up
Nigerians like shortcuts to everything!
ReplyDeleteI did the said exam in 2010,when I was processing my Canada immigration. Canadian immigration has been using this exam since 2009/2010.Then it was about 30k. It is the only means the immigration can assess you on the point scale. It’s very good especially the listening part.The exam is standard but the price should be reduced.If you are planning to come in to Canada as express entry/ skilled worker you will do the IELTS
ReplyDeleteExactly! Same with Australia and a few other countries. It can't be scrapped. We like doing things the easy way and that's y Nigeria is the way it is. Nothing good comes easy. Groaners and wailers!
DeleteToo expensive.
ReplyDelete75k.
But British council will never agree to stop the exam considering how much they rake from students.
I see nothing wrong with IELTS just that the required band score is too high. I feel that anyone who can score up to band 6 can communicate in English effectively so, instead of crapping it out completely they can just bring down the band score to 6.0
ReplyDeleteNigerians and complaints are like '5 and 6'! I guess they'd also opt that exams be scrapped off academia!
ReplyDeleteThere must always be a test for assessing whether one is fit for a post, place, job...name it!
The whiners here are the incompetent ones claiming the outstanding ones!
You want go 'greener pastures' to rake money but you no want face and cross the 'red sea'.
Nothing good comes easy biko!