Benue residents react on the new national anthem
The President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Wednesday on the occasion of his one year in office accented a bill reverting to the old national Anthem.
This development has elicited reactions from Nigerians. Some Nigerians were stunned with reverting to the old National Anthem which many especially among the young generations are not conversant with.
Benue residents are wondering what prompted the national assembly to pass the bill reverting to the Anthem. Adore Andrew says she is stunned by the change and argues that the one in use from 1976 “is the best anthem that Nigeria will ever have.” Noah Alughu is a Makurdi based
Public Affairs Analyst, he insists that “changing the national Symbols like the anthem is not Nigeria’s problem at the moment.” He says the law as passed by the national assembly is “unpopular and uncalled for.”Other Nigerians including say the National Anthem is John Shiaondo and Nick Dechi, both of them journalists for decades say poverty and the high cost of living, occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy are Nigeria’s problem, not the national anthem.
Emmanuel Shawon says corruption is the problem of Nigeria and accuses the national assembly of diverting the attention of Nigerians from the real issues on a day like President Tinubu’s one year in office.Either way, “Nigeria we hail thee” has become the official Anthem of Nigeria.
Recitation of the National Anthem is a mark of patriotism and loyalty, expected of every citizen as an obligation.
