New National Anthem captures essence of our being- NUJ President

The President of the Nigeria Union of Journalist. (NUJ), Dr Chris Iziguzo has that the present caller anthem captures the full halfway of being Nigerians.

Isiguzo made this known successful an interrogation with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) connected Sunday successful Abuja.

“Look astatine Nigeria, we person antithetic languages and tribes. This anthem unite america amended careless of our differences.

“The caller anthem of ‘Nigeria we hail thee’ says a batch astir america arsenic 1 state with 1 destiny.
“However, I deliberation the archetypal happening they would person done was to enactment the aged and caller connected the array broadside by broadside and reappraisal it.

“If successful the contented of the president and members of the National Assembly, we should revert to the aged anthem, wherefore not.

“After all, it highlights the information that we person antithetic tribes and tongues successful 1 federation and yet we inactive beryllium arsenic one. So beryllium it,” Isiguzo stressed.
NAN reports that President Bola Tinubu Tinubu signed the National Anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” Bill 2024 into instrumentality connected May 29.

The instrumentality of the aged anthem elicited divergent views, with immoderate commentators criticising the determination arsenic yet different lawsuit of “misplaced priority” fixed the slew of challenges confronting Nigerians.

Tinubu said that returning the aged nationalist anthem was a precedence for him.

Tinubu made this known during a gathering connected Thursday with the enactment of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) astatine the statesmanlike villa successful Abuja.

Tinubu said Nigeria’s diverseness should beryllium protected and celebrated, adding that the country’s colonisation should not beryllium seen arsenic a burden.

“But the question of diversity. Who gave america the sanction Nigeria? Is it not Britain? Or somewhere? Have we changed our name? We are Nigerians. Our passport shows that,” helium said.

“As agelong arsenic we are Nigerians and 1 family, we stay and support our diverseness and emotion 1 different arsenic brothers and sisters.

“It is God Almighty that puts you successful that peculiar spot and makes you a subordinate of that family. You person nary power implicit it,” Tinubu said.