Senate Joins House Of Reps, Passes Bill To Restore Old National Anthem

The Nigerian Senate has joined the House of Representatives in passing a bill that proposes the reinstatement of the country’s old national anthem, ‘Nigeria, We Hail Thee’.

Osun Defender recalls that last week, the House of Representatives speedily passed the bill, but it only scaled second reading in the Senate.

The majority of the lawmakers in both chambers of the national assembly spoke in favour of the bill when they debated its general principles.

However, in what appeared to be the support of the House of Representatives, the upper legislative chamber of the Senate passed the bill after considering a report by Tahir Monguno, chair of the judiciary committee.

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While presenting his report, Monguno said his committee disagreed with the position of Lateef Fagbemi, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), that the process to change the anthem should be subjected to a wider process.

“The proposed bill is important,” the Borno senator said.

Thereafter, the senate considered clauses of the bill and passed it.