Senate President Godswill Akpabio criticized the National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Tuesday for distributing an incorrect version of the recently adopted old National Anthem.
Akpabio highlighted that the version released by the NOA differed from the one officially approved by the Senate.
Following extensive deliberations, the Senate held executive sessions for over two hours before adjourning the plenary until July 2.
Before adjournment, Akpabio requested that the Senate recite the first stanza of the new National Anthem.
During the recitation, the Senate President referred to his book intermittently.
Afterward, Akpabio urged lawmakers to adhere to the Senate-approved version of the anthem and ignore the version disseminated by the NOA.
He said, “Take note of what we have here; what we have is different from what the NOA has.
“Where we have Nigerians ‘all’ are proud to say, they have Nigerians all and proud to say.
“Also, where we have ‘though’ tribes and tongues may differ, they have ‘those’ tribe and tongues
“Also at the end where we have ‘Nigeria shall be blessed’, they have Nigeria ‘may’ be blessed.”
“We are using shall, which is a compulsion that this country shall be blessed, so, tell the National Orientation Agency to drop what they are circulating now,” the Senate President said.
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