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Tinubu Signs Bill Returning Old National Anthem Into Law
President Bola Tinubu has approved the National Anthem Bill 2024, reinstating the old anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.”
Naija News reports that Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced this on Wednesday during a joint session of the National Assembly commemorating the Silver Jubilee of Nigeria’s 4th Republic.
Senate President Akpabio stated that the main purpose of the session is to launch the new national anthem. He added that President Tinubu will not deliver a speech, as he needs to leave to inaugurate the Abuja metro line.
The Senate and the House of Representatives had previously passed the bill in separate sessions.
The old anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” was replaced by the current one, “Arise, O Compatriots,” in 1978.
Read the old anthem below:
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.
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