The basic challenges of National Language Policy Implementation such as diglossia supremacy of English language over Nigerian languages, less premium on the indigenous languages in both national and international labour force and poor policy implementation initiative by the government have formed the basis of our research. The paper aims at crystalizing the functions of literature for national language policy implementation such as inculcation of national consciousness, revalorisation of language for cultural integration and preservation, adequate sensitization of the public on the relevance of indigenous languages in nation building and fostering language policy provisions to abridge inequality between foreign and indigenous languages. The paper has adopted the analytic and discussive methods to unveil the challenges of National Language Policy Implementation and the role of literature. We have adopted communicative theory to show the relevance of indigenous languages in socio political and economic activities. We have used the socio-historical approach to look at the remote causes of non-implementation of National Language Policy in Nigeria. We have discovered that literature is a viable tool for fostering government provisions for National Language Policy Implementation, since literature is an offshoot of language; which is the product of the society.
Dr. Akese Manasseh Teryima (Tue,) studied this question.