Rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Prof. Mike Ozekhome, has praised Nigeria’s return to its old national anthem, describing it as a long overdue development.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Ozekhome expressed his elation over the reinstatement, a change he had advocated for since moving a motion at the 2014 National Conference.
He stated, “Bringing the old National Anthem back is well overdue. It has better lyrics in content and context, like the Senate President said. It is better than the other one.
“The name Nigeria and the flag should also be changed,” he added.
The change comes after Chief Bola Tinubu signed the National Anthem Bill 2024 into law on Wednesday, officially reinstating the old anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.”
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