The Senate on Tuesday called out the National Orientation Agency ( NOA) for teaching Nigerian the wrong version of the newly adopted old National Anthem.
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio during plenary said he noted that what the agency was circulating was different from the one approved by the Senate.
” Before the Senate ended the plenary, Akpabio requested that the Senators recite the first stanza of the new National Anthem.
While the lawmakers recited the Anthem the Senate President looked at his book immediately.
After they were done, the Senate President asked the Lawmakers to take note of the wordings of the Anthem approved by the Senate and the one being circulated by NOA.
He said ” Take note of what we have here, it is different from what NOA has”
It will be recalled that two weeks ago, the Senate passed the National Anthem Bill 2024 to revert to the Old National Anthem, Nigeria, we hail thee” replacing the ” Arise, O Compatriots” version.
The bill, which speedily passed first and second readings on the same day, assented to by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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