President Bola Tinubu has said that returning the old national anthem was a priority for him.
Tinubu made this known during a meeting on Thursday with the leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum at the presidential villa in Abuja.
"Some people say, okay... say what? Is that your priority? It's my priority. I agree with the national assembly. If they make law, I've got to obey that law, or we disagree openly and close the chapter." "But the question of diversity. Who gave us the name Nigeria? Is it not Britain? Or somewhere? Have we changed our name? We are Nigerians. Our passport shows that," he said.
"It is God Almighty that puts you in that particular place and makes you a member of that family. You have no control over it.
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