BY Editor
President Bola Tinubu says the re-adopted national anthem is all about service to Nigeria.
On Wednesday morning, Tinubu signed the bill reintroducing the old national anthem which is themed ‘Nigeria, We Hail Thee’.
The one which the country has used since 1978 is titled ‘Arise, O Compatriots’.
After the president signed the bill, he was welcomed to the floor of the green chamber of the national assembly to the tune of the reintroduced anthem.
Before the passage of the bill and the presidential assent, there were calls for broader consultation.
Shehu Sani, a former senator representing Kaduna central, said changing the national anthem should be done after consultations with Nigerians.
Sani said altering the national anthem without consulting widely would be seen as an attempt to dissolve Nigeria.
