President Bola Tinubu has signed a bill into law that reinstates Nigeria’s old national anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.”
Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced this at a joint sitting of the Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday.
During his address to the lawmakers, President Tinubu mentioned he would soon introduce the 2024 Supplementary Bill.
In his welcome address, Senate President Akpabio noted that the President had stopped by to greet the lawmakers while he was there to commission the National Assembly Library.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, apologized for earlier misinformation regarding the President’s visit, acknowledging it was a mistake on the part of the National Assembly.
“The president has said that what ever speech we have to give should be shifted to June 12 which is democracy day, so to this effect the president will come flag off the recitation of the new National anthem after giving accent to it and will the after proceed to other important engagement.”
