A invoice reinstating Nigeria’s first nationwide anthem following independence from the UK in 1960 was signed into legislation right now (29.05.2024) by President Bola Tinubu.
“Nigeria, We Hail Thee” to lyrics by Briton Lillian Jean Williams was abolished in 1978 by Olusegun Obasanjo, who got here to energy in a coup. The tune is once more the Nigerian nationwide anthem as a substitute of “Come up O’ Compatriots”.
Not just a few residents see the nationwide anthem change as a distraction to divert public consideration away from the worsening financial disaster.
The financial system tanked throughout Bola Tinubu’s first yr as Nigeria’s president, with inflation hitting a 28-year excessive of 33.2%.
Make we no lie, the brand new nationwide anthem candy go the outdated one.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu pic.twitter.com/8ejdtwWKVS
— I apologize (@folayarn_copy) Could 29, 2024
“It is a waste of time,” Cheta Nwanzi, an analyst at SBM Intelligence, informed Reuters. “The largest (points) are inflation and safety issues. That is what the federal government ought to see,” he pressured.
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