Old Video Where Tinubu Promised To Change To Old Anthem Emerges

An old video that showed the moment President Bola Tinubu promised to change to the old national anthem has emerged.

The video was shared by an X user @firstladyship on Wednesday after the President Tinubu signed the old national anthem bill into law.

The video shown moment Tinubu was being interviewed during the celebration of Nigeria @62 in 2022.

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Tinubu was quoted in the video saying, “We are one Nigeria and we should be proud of……If I have my way, I will bring back our old first national anthem. That’s kind of much better. It is about service, it is about diversity, it is about commitment.”

Osun Defender had earlier reported that President Tinubu approved the bill on Wednesday morning as part of the constitutional provisions to make it a law.

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, disclosed this while addressing lawmakers at the ongoing joint session of the National Assembly.

The bill seeks to replace the current anthem with the former one adopted as the country’s independence on October 1, 1960, but was changed in 1978 by the Olusegun Obasanjo military regime.

The Senate passed the bill on Tuesday while the House of Representatives passed it last week Thursday.

In his address at the joint sitting, the senate president urged Nigerians to familiarise themselves with the new national anthem.

The new national anthem was sung upon President Tinubu’s arrival in the House chamber for the joint session.