Senate Passes Bill To Revert To Old National Anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.”
Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele presented the bill, highlighting the anthem’s role in shaping national identity and unity.
The old anthem was praised for fostering a sense of value and personal belonging among Nigerian citizens.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian Senate passed a bill on Thursday to reinstate the national anthem titled “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.” This anthem was originally composed for Nigeria’s independence on October 1, 1960.
The bill’s passage followed its presentation by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central) during the plenary session.
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Bamidele emphasized that the old anthem played a significant role in shaping Nigeria’s national identity and unity, fostering a sense of value and personal belonging among citizens.
He said: “You will agree with me that those who were around in the 60s and the late 70s, would attest to the fact that the anthem played quite a significant and crucial role in shaping Nigeria’s national identity and unity, as well as engendered a high sense of value and personal belonging amongst the citizenry.”
After the passage of the bill, Senate President Godswill Akpabio referred the bill to the Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs and asked it to report back to the committee of the whole as soon as possible.
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Recall that the House of Representatives had earlier also passed the same bill into law.
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