The president of Nigeria’s Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed the reason they changed the national anthem.
He said they did so in order to rebuild the future of the country. He said this while speaking at the General Conference of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) in Lagos.
The Senate President also urged Nigerian lawyers and legal practitioners to embrace their profession as agents of positive change in the country.
Godswill Akpabio said: “We are diligently working hard to create a robust legal framework that will support the aspirations of all Nigerians.
“We believe strongly that there is no stain in our country that we cannot erase if we stand together in brotherhood.
“That is why we went back to that National Anthem, that though ethnic groups and tongues may differ, though professions may differ, in brotherhood we stand.
“We went back because we want to rebuild the future of this country; remembering that we may come from different ethnic groups, different backgrounds, different tongues, but in brotherhood we stand”.
“I entered politics with a dream of my own, and coincidentally, one that aligns with our shared aspirations, to rebuild my state and to rebuild our nation.
“With that dream, I rebuilt Akwa Ibom State. My people can testify, and that was what Nigerians came to know as an uncommon transformation.
“Together with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, we can rebuild Nigeria.
“This is the formula: if our dream should ignite a tiny spark of aspiration amongst those gathered here, it will mark a pivotal moment for Nigeria, and the Renewed Hope programme will definitely be a success”, he added.
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