The paper examined Broadening Native Language Curriculum for Cultural Preservation in Nigeria. It adopted the desk study approach involving content analysis wherein academic materials were sought from internet, journals, verbal interactions, public view, text books.  The paper limited its discussion on broadening local language curriculum, cultural preservation, need for curriculum capture and Importance of Language Preservation. It based its theory on the Academic Associated Role Theory in the Preservation of Culture by Bogucki.  Bulk of discourse of the article centred around the need to incorporate local languages into Nigerian education curriculum and to preserve the culture of both the major and minor cultural groups in Nigeria. It concluded that Nigerian education authorities incorporating local or native languages into education curriculum would ensure cultural preservation.  It also stated that enshrining native languages into its curriculum would ensure the preservation and respect for minority groups in the Nigeria socio-political system. The paper therefore posited that local language should be learnt by the young and adult in order to preserve linguistic and other cultural components of the Nigerian people. Its suggested among other items, that Nigerian Political system should consider the need to sustain the  culture of every culture group of the Nigerian people and that Parents and families should learn to speak their local languages at home.

Keywords: Education curriculum, Native language, Nigeria, Culture, Preservation, Groups.