{"id":115,"date":"2024-05-29T16:02:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=115"},"modified":"2024-05-29T16:02:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:02:14","slug":"one-year-anniversary-tinubu-flags-off-adoption-of-old-national-anthem-postpones-national-broadcast-to-june-12-tight-security-at-nass-entrances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/one-year-anniversary-tinubu-flags-off-adoption-of-old-national-anthem-postpones-national-broadcast-to-june-12-tight-security-at-nass-entrances\/","title":{"rendered":"One year anniversary: Tinubu flags-off adoption of old\u00a0 National Anthem\u00a0 … Postpones national broadcast to\u00a0 June 12, …..Tight security at NASS Entrances"},"content":{"rendered":"
By George Mgbeleke, Abuja<\/div>\n
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One anniversary:Tinubu , NASS officially adopted ‘Nigeria We Hail Thee ‘\u00a0 as New National Anthem<\/div>\n
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…Urges Nigerians to embrace it<\/div>\n
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….. Commissions NASS\u00a0 Library and Resource Centre<\/div>\n
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Ignatius Okorocha and Jonas Ezieke, Abuja<\/div>\n
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President Bola Tinubu\u00a0 and the entire membership of the National Assembly on Wednesday in Abuja at a joint sitting, formally officialized old\u00a0 National Anthem as Nigeria\u00a0 \u00a0new National Anthem .<\/div>\n
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In doing so, the three stanzas\u00a0 National Anthem with the\u00a0 famous phrase ” Nigeria , We Hail Thee..” , was sang at the beginning and end of joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives held to commemorate 25 years of\u00a0 unbroken democracy in Nigeria which had in attendance , President Tinubu , Vice President Kashim\u00a0 Shettima and other top government functionaries .<\/div>\n
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Officialization of the old as New National Anthem , was preceded by signing into law , the bill passed by the National Assembly for an Act on National Anthem by President Tinubu on Tuesday.<\/div>\n
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Recall that the bill was introduced\u00a0 at both Chambers of the National Assembly on Thursday last week and given expeditious consideration and passage .<\/div>\n
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In his remarks , after the Anthem was sang for commencement of the brief session , the President of the Senate , Godswill Akpabio , thanked President Tinubu for honouring the National Assembly as the place\u00a0 for official recitation of the New National Anthem .<\/div>\n
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He described the anthem as revolution of going back to our genealogy.<\/div>\n
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He said :”\u00a0 Of all the significant things you have done, I think one of the most profound, is to take us back to the genealogy, the genealogical of our birth, that though we may belong to different tribes, though we may have different tongues, in brotherhood we all stand.<\/div>\n
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“Henceforth we will not refer to\u00a0 ourselves as mere compatriots, but we will refer to ourselves as brother.<\/div>\n
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“And as we go forth in battle whether on the field of sports, in the field of politics, in economic endeavors, we must hail Nigeria. And so, we are all saying today, Mr. President, Nigeria, We Hail\u00a0 Thee!<\/div>\n
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“There is no better place to commence this revolution of going back to our genealogy than the National Assembly, made up of patriotic, not just representatives, but elected representatives of the people of Nigeria. The voice of the National Assembly is the voice of Nigeria. So we welcome you”.<\/div>\n
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In his brief remark,President Tinubu at this\u00a0 historic session , thanked members of the National Assembly for collaborating with his government within the last 12 months , one of which the latest one done on the new national anthem<\/div>\n
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“The\u00a0 latest national anthem, ‘Nigeria,\u00a0 we hail thee’ , represents\u00a0 our diversity,\u00a0 and how we blend together to be\u00a0 brothers and sisters”, he said .<\/div>\n
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The President\u00a0 at the session , informed the federal lawmakers that he would soon forward to them , 2025 Appropriation bill.<\/div>\n
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He thereafter went to\u00a0 the newly built National Assembly Library and Resource Centre\u00a0 named as Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu building for commissioning .<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Meanwhile, there was tight security situation at all the entrances leading to National Assembly complex at the early hours of Wednesday, Nigerians were shock to hear conflicting Media announcement that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu visit to National Assembly has been cancelled.<\/div>\n
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It’s indeed surprising to note that among the people that were harassed and intimidated by men of the Department of State security Services (DSS) were journalists and some others on essential services.<\/div>\n
It is equally sad to observe that efforts to obtain Tags for the coverage of\u00a0 today’s one anniversary from the office of the Clerk of the National Assembly on the Eve of the alleged official visit of President Tinubu was denied members of the Fourth Estate of the Ream.<\/div>\n
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However, prior to the Wednesday purported visit of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to National Assembly, Media managers in the presidency specifically coming from President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga\u00a0 had told Nigerians that the president would address a joint session of the Senate and House of Representative in addition to make a broadcast to the nation.<\/div>\n
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Recall that Mr Onanuga’s a statement on President visit to National Assembly reads in parts this,”\u00a0The President will address a joint session of the National Assembly, which has lined up a programme to commemorate 25 years of the nation’s democratic journey at both the executive and legislative levels.”<\/div>\n
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According to the statement,”President Tinubu\u2019s speech\u00a0 will dwell on the achievements of his administration and Nigeria’s democracy since the military ceded power in 1999.”<\/div>\n
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Also, former Senate President, Senator David Mark, former speaker of the House of Representatives and now President Tinubu\u2019s Chief of Staff, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila were\u00a0 all lined up to address the parliament.<\/div>\n
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The statement further noted, “Also lined up to speak is the former military ruler, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, who handed over power to civilian administration in 1999.<\/div>\n
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“At the end of the speeches,\u00a0 President Tinubu will commission the National Assembly Library and\u00a0 Resource Center, now to be known as Bola Ahmed Tinubu Building.”<\/div>\n
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Meanwhile, 24 hours after President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on information and Strategies, Mr Onanuga’s Press statement on the President’s visit and\u00a0 address to a joint session of National Assembly President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale sent a contradictory statement on the same visit debunking the earlier statement from Onanuga as false and authorized.<\/div>\n
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The statement reads: “In furtherance of his commitment to delivering good governance, President Bola Tinubu has embarked on the inauguration of strategic projects across the country.<\/div>\n
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“More transformative projects will be inaugurated by President Tinubu\u2019s administration for the benefit of all Nigerians.<\/div>\n
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“In view of public commentary concerning the President delivering a speech before a Joint Sitting of the National Assembly tomorrow, May 29, 2024, it is important to state that this information is false and unauthorized as the Office of the President was not involved in the planning of the event.”<\/div>\n
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Consequently, as at 11.50 am there has been no signal indicating that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was coming to honour the joint session just as Senators and House of Representatives have since been seated for the joint session<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By George Mgbeleke, Abuja One anniversary:Tinubu , NASS officially adopted ‘Nigeria We Hail Thee ‘\u00a0 as New National Anthem …Urges Nigerians to embrace it ….. Commissions NASS\u00a0 Library and Resource Centre Ignatius Okorocha and Jonas Ezieke, Abuja President Bola Tinubu\u00a0 and the entire membership of the National Assembly on Wednesday in Abuja at a joint […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[23,63,35,64],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-politics","tag-nass","tag-new-national-anthem","tag-nigeria","tag-tinu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}