The Senate, on Tuesday, approved a bill to change the current national anthem titled 'Arise O Compatriots' to the old national anthem 'Niger
The Senate , on Tuesday, approved a bill to change the current national anthem titled "Arise O Compatriots" to the old national anthem "Nigeria, We Hail Thee." The bill passed its third reading after the upper chamber considered the report of its Committees on Judiciary , Human Rights and Legal Matters, and Federal Character, and Intergovernmental Affairs.
The bill will be transmitted to President Bola Tinubu for assent. If signed into law, it will be the first time Nigeria’s national anthem will be given legal backing. Mongonu Tahir, the Senator representing Borno North, while presenting the report of the committee during plenary, informed that the bill seeks to provide a legal framework for the national anthem “so that it can bite with all the legal powers embedded in it.
Presenting the committee’s report, Monguno stated that the new national anthem is apt as it represents the country’s people, culture, values, and aspirations. He then recommended that the bill be passed. The Senate resolved into the committee of the whole to consider the report. Afterwards, Senate President Godswill Akpabio put the bill to a voice vote, and lawmakers supported it. The Senate President also noted that the AGF is not a lawmaker and does not have a full understanding of how bills are passed. The bill was consequently read for the third time and passed.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities.
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