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March 15, 2019
A ClinicalPsychologist, Adedotun Ajiboye, has advised Nigerians to watch their speechbecause it has the power to make or mar a person.
Ajiboye,who works at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, gave thisadvice on Friday in Abuja.
Ajiboye,who was speaking in commemoration of the 2019 World Speech Day, said speech wasvery powerful and influential, adding that it can create, break, mar, cure ormake up something.
He saidspeech could be positive that is a soft answer or negative which is regarded ashate speech.
Thepsychologist said positive speech could bring about cure to psychological oremotional problems but a grievous speech can lead to trauma. He noted that moredifficult issues in homes, families, communities, or nations could be resolvedthrough soft speech.
According to Ajiboye, strong resistances give way to soft speech but hate speech can compound a nation’s problem or lead to ethnic unrest and hostility. The ‘World Speech Day’ is marked annually on March 15th  to celebrate speeches and speech making through live speaking events across the world.