Niyi Akinmolayan is Ensuring Everyone is Informed about COVID-19 | WATCH

In ensuring everyone gets informed about the coronavirus pandemic and how to stay safe, in a country like Nigeria with over 500 languages, Niyi Akinmolayan came up with a solution.

The Nigerian film-maker and director shared some videos with voice-overs of some Nigerian indigenous languages including pidgin, so as to help spread the much-needed info on COVID-19.

This is certainly a great opportunity for everyone to have an understanding of the life-threating virus.

No one will be left out.

Sharing the videos on Instagram, he wrote:

I noticed most of the information and awareness on the coronavirus is in big English. Meanwhile, a huge number of our population can’t understand. So I have cut out 2mins videos in Yoruba, Igbo and pidgin. Swipe for different versions ( couldn’t get a Hausa person in short time). These videos are meant to be shared on WhatsApp (download the folder via my bio link). Let’s share facts in the same place rumors are being shared. Many thanks to blessing Obasi, Amaka Chidioka and Mariam Olayinka for helping out in a short time. PLS THIS SHOULD GO ON TERRESTRIAL TV.

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Yoruba, Igbo and Pidgin

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I noticed most of the information and awareness on the coronavirus is in big English. Meanwhile a huge number of our population can’t understand. So I have cut out 2mins videos in Yoruba, Igbo and pidgin. Swipe for different versions ( couldn’t get a hausa person in short time). These videos are meant to be shared on WhatsApp (download the folder via my bio link). Let’s share facts in the same place rumors are being shared. Many thanks to blessing Obasi, Amaka Chidioka and Mariam Olayinka for helping out in a short time. PLS THIS SHOULD GO ON TERRESTRIAL TV. If u have the money, download the link in my bio

A post shared by Niyi Akinmolayan (@niyi_akinmolayan) on Mar 20, 2020 at 7:59am PDT

Hausa

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A very kind woman by the name Gatiri Asaolu sent me a Hausa voice over so I made a Hausa version

A post shared by Niyi Akinmolayan (@niyi_akinmolayan) on Mar 20, 2020 at 12:12pm PDT

Efik

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Joy Umoren @DaraMoren1 sent me an Efik Voice over. I hear ibibio people can understand as well so this is for our people in akwa ibom and cross river. the videos are meant for WhatsApp and TV for people wey no to sabi big English . If u want the full efik version, DM me for the download link

A post shared by Niyi Akinmolayan (@niyi_akinmolayan) on Mar 21, 2020 at 3:22am PDT