President Bola Tinubu has signed into law the National Anthem bill, which seeks to reinstate the old national anthem, ‘Nigeria, We Hail Thee’.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced this development during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday.
This moves replaces the current national anthem, ‘Arise O Compatriots’, with the older version.
Both the Senate and the House of Representatives swiftly passed the bill, paving the way for this significant change.
The three stanzas of the reinstated anthem are as follows:
“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.”
