Read the passage and answer the question. 'Nobody who has read Achebe's novels can doubt the richness of Igbo proverbs. Yet many young Nigerians today cannot complete a single proverb in their mother tongue.' The writer's attitude towards the young Nigerians is one of

The word 'yet' contrasts the richness of the proverbs with the inability of young people to use them, and 'cannot complete a single proverb' stresses the loss. This signals regret or disappointment. Nothing in the tone is admiring or amused, and a writer who cared nothing about the matter would not have raised it.