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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the National Anthem Bill, 2024 reverting to the old national anthem of “Nigeria We Hail thee”.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced this yesterday, during a joint session of the National Assembly to mark 25 years of uninterrupted democracy.
The joint session sang the new anthem before the arrival of President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima with other top government officials.
Addressing lawmakers before Tinubu came in, Akpabio said the session’s main purpose was to launch the new national anthem and that the president would not be making a speech as he was to depart to launch the Abuja metro line.
The Senate and the House of Representatives had already passed the bill in separate sessions.
The “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” anthem now replaces “Arise, O Compatriots” adopted in 1978.
