FG UNVEILS APPROVED LYRICS OF REINTRODUCED NATIONAL ANTHEM
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The National Orientation Agency (NOA) of the Federal Government has released the authorised rendition of Nigeria’s restored national song.
The standardised version of the song was introduced in Abuja on Wednesday by Lanre Issa-Onilu, the Director-General of the NOA.
He asked Nigerians to listen carefully to the words of the recently reinstated national song, namely lines three and five.
On May 29, 2024, on the one-year anniversary of the current government, President Bola Tinubu signed the National Anthem Bill 2024 reverting to the old national anthem, “Nigeria, we hail thee” from “Arise, O Compatriots”.
The President said the latest national anthem, ‘Nigeria, we hail thee’ “is our diversity, representing all characters and how we blend to be brothers and sisters”.
Standardised Anthem
Stanza 1
Nigeria, we hail thee
Our own dear native land
Though tribes and tongues may differ
In brotherhood, we stand
Nigerians all, are proud to serve
Our sovereign Motherland.
Stanza 2
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.
Stanza 3
O God of all creation
Grant this our one request.
Help us to build a nation
Where no man is oppressed
And so with peace and plenty
Nigeria may be blessed.
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