The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday identified some errors in lines three, five and 18 of the new national anthem
released by the National Orientation Agency . The Senate President observed the errors during plenary on Tuesday as he directed the NOA to immediately effect corrections on the faulty lines. Last Wednesday, the Director-General…
The Senate President observed the errors during plenary on Tuesday as he directed the NOA to immediately effect corrections on the faulty lines. “We call the attention of Nigerians to line three of the first stanza, which reads: ‘Though tribes and tongues may differ’.“We want you to also note that line five of the first stanza reads: ‘Nigerians all, are proud to serve’.But, at today’s plenary, Mr Akpabio said the correction introduced by the NOA is not what the National Assembly passed.
“And then it said though tribes and tongues may differ, they said, thus tribe and tongue, I hope you understand and at the end where we said Nigeria shall be blessed, they did not say so, they said Nigeria may be blessed. The Senate on Tuesday approved a supplementary budget of N98.5 billion for the Federal Capital Territory for 2024. This amount is in addition to the N1.2 trillion budget passed by the National Assembly in March. The Senate approved the bill titled, "A Bill for an Act to authorise the issue from the Federal Capital…
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