- Controversial musician, Brymo, has highlighted two terms he considers symbolic in the old National Anthem that has been reintroduced by the Tinubu government.
Many have negatively criticised the ‘Nigeria we hail thee’ anthem while others have applauded it.
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, vowed that she would stick to the dropped ‘Arise o compatriots’ just as some said the anthem change should not be government’s priority in view of the food crisis on the scene.
But Brymo lauded Tinubu for signing the National Anthem Bill 2024 into law to reinstate the old anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.”
He argued the reintroduced anthem has a better and in depth meaning than ‘Arise, O Compatriots’.
On his Instagram story, Brymo wrote: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is officially my G.O.A.T. of all-time Nigerian president.
“Read the lyrics of the new national anthem; first stanza is all you need; it asserts Nigeria for ‘motherland’ and now Africa can be fatherland and be the symbol of polygamy and we can all focus on one family unit each finally.
“And my favourite part: ‘In brotherhood, we stand.’ We are all now members of the greatest cult on earth. Nigeria is now the only brotherhood every boy and ambitious girl must belong to in this country! I am very happy!”
