Senate President Godwin Akpabio has said the old national anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee,” would have tackled banditry and insecurity if it was retained.
Recently, the National Assembly had passed the National
Anthem Bill 2024 to revert to the old national anthem, “Nigeria, we hail thee”,
which was abolished in 1978.
However, Akpabio said the reintroduction of the old national
anthem would ensure unity and love among Nigerians.
Speaking during a visit to the Nigeria Institute of
Legislative and Democratic Studies in Abuja, Akpabio berated those labelling
the re-introduced anthem as an element of colonialism.
According to Akpabio: “The other impactful bill signed by
the National Assembly is the reverting to our old national anthem.
“A lot of people are not aware that there was a panel set up
and made up of Nigerians to receive input from all over the world in 1959.
“So when people are saying we’re bringing in colonial anthem,
they need to look into the history of “Nigeria, we hail thee”.
“If we had kept to that anthem, we probably would not have
banditry today in Nigeria because if you take your neighbour as your brother,
you will not want to kill him.”
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I am moved to think that this Godswill Akpabio is overwhelmed by a position he never merited or we may not know so much about his mental capacity. He speaks like a confused man or a person that just came.
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