Nation building is an unending process in most if not all nations of the world. This urge for progress has spurred many nations to work in a bid to changing their status from developing, developed to emerging nations. In this guise, nations are constantly faced with challenges which may be political, economic and socio- cultural in their drive towards national reconstruction. This study therefore examines the pedagogic relevance of Papiackukm proverbial discourse in meeting challenges associated with national development. From the theoretical paradigm of Functionalism, this paper is based on the prism that Papiackum proverbial discourse are speech acts element embedded with norms and values that promote broad-based development by addressing some hurdles related to the process of nation building. The Papiackum is a speech community in the Ngoketunjia Division, North West Region of the Republic of Cameroon.