THE NEW NIGERIAN ANTHEM LYRICS

In an official shift, President Bola Tinubu has marked the Public Song of devotion Bill 2024 into regulation, restoring Nigeria’s unique hymn, “Nigeria, We Hail You.”

This improvement was declared by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during a joint meeting of the Public Gathering.

The reestablishment of the first hymn, which filled in as Nigeria’s public tune from freedom in 1960 until 1978, marks a re-visitation of the nation’s initial post-autonomy time.

“Nigeria, We Hail You” was composed by Lillian Jean Williams, an English ostracize, and formed by Frances Berda.

Regardless of its underlying job in molding public character, the hymn confronted analysis throughout the long term, on the grounds that its author was not Nigerian.

The new regulative change, initiated by Representative Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Focal), appreciated powerful help from legislators.

Advocates for the bill contended that the first hymn advances a more grounded image of solidarity, harmony, and flourishing contrasted with its replacement, “Emerge, O Comrades.”

Legislators underscored that the ongoing song of devotion was a result of the tactical system and missing the mark on reverberation of public qualities, morals, and standards epitomized in the freedom hymn.

The old song of devotion peruses: “Nigeria, we hail Thee, our dear Native land… ” Yet what are the verses to the remainder of the old

BELOW IS THE ANTHEM

Nigeria we hail thee,

Our own dear native land,

Though tribe and tongue may differ,

In brotherhood, we stand,

Nigerians all, and proud to serve

Our sovereign Motherland.

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.

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.