- Provide a domestic alternative to the mandatory year- abroad language immersion programs for undergraduates of French studies from Nigerian Universities and Colleges of Education.
- Service tertiary institutions in Nigeria with adequate human, material and infrastructural backing for the effective teaching, learning as well as to the conduct of research in French
- Explore areas of the practical application of the French Language to the Nigerian situation.
- Promote economic, technical and social integration of the African Continent.
- Provide information and serve as a think-tank to government and other relevant corporate entities on the exploration and exploitation of the French Language in policy formulation and decision-making.
- Coordinate activities relating to the teaching and learning of French in Nigeria.
- Collaborate with relevant agencies in the setting and conduct of examinations, preparation of curricula as well as vital documentation on the French Language in Nigeria.
- Retrain teachers of French for the implementation of the policy-directive on French in Nigerian secondary schools.
- Organise customised programmes for all categories of learners with a view to making the acquisition of French Language available to all interested Nigerians.