Nigeria Returns To Old Ways, Dumps OBJ’s “The Labour of Our Heroes Past For “Nigeria We Hail Thee”

By PHC Telegraph

President Bola Tinubu Wednesday urged Nigerians to join hands in ongoing efforts to build a verile and progressive nation.

Tinubu who stopped over at the National Assembly as part of the inauguration day celebration appealed to all Nigerians to come together in order to lay a solid foundation for resilient country.

He urged lawmakers regardless of their different political platforms to continue to work hand in gloves with one another in order to build a strong legislature that his responsive, efficient and productive.President of the Nigerian Senate and the Chairman of the National Assembly, Sen. Godswill Akpabio.

Welcoming the President to the National Assembly, Senator Godswill Akpabio said members of  NASS were pleased with his visit.

The President of the Senate acknowledged that federal lawmakers would be actively involved in the celebration of Democracy Day billed for June 12.

National Assembly lawmakers on the floor of parliament chorused Nigeria’s first National Anthem, “Nigeria We Hail Thee” as it played for the first time on the floor of parliament.

The President who signed the bill passed by both arms of the bicameral legislature into law outlawed the national anthem coined under the military by the regime of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, a.k.a OBJ.

In its place, the old anthem which came on stream after independence will henceforth be recognised as the official anthem of the Nigerian people.

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It is not clear if the restoration of the old anthem in any way suggests all may not be well between the present leadership and the former Head of State.

Obasanjo has persistently exempted himself from any wrongdoing while in office and brazenly criticised other Nigerian leaders for all the ills that are bedevilling the country.

Anti-Obasanjo critics say such unguarded comments that are not statesmanly àre seen by other concerned Nigerians as part of  a carefully cultivated ‘pull-him-down’ antic adopted by the former President to rubbish others.

Nigeria’s new National Anthem: 

Nigeria we hail thee,
Our own dear native land,
Though tribe and tongue may differ,
In brotherhood we stand,
Nigerians all, and proud to serve
Our sovereign Motherland.

Our flag shall be a symbol
That truth and justice reign,
In peace or battle honour’d,
And this we count as gain,
To hand on to our children
A banner without stain.

O God of all creation,
Grant this our one request,
Help us to build a nation
Where no man is oppressed,
And so with peace and plenty
Nigeria may be blessed.