Sir: “Nigeria we hail thee…” was the first national anthem of Nigeria (1960-1978). That first national anthem was changed in 1978 to, ‘Arise O’ Compatriots …; and we are still singing that to the present moment. Thank God, none of those agitating for the restructuring Nigeria ever mentioned the change of the national anthem. The Nigeria National Flag has become just a decorative item in Nigeria. It appears, the National Orientation Agency, who is supposed to pick-up all these anomalies in the national anthem, National Flags and coat of arms, ‘‘cannot see the wood for the tree.’’ All the governors, even including the presidency have bastardised and abuse our national flag by putting the coat of arms on the white area of our national flag.

Source: The Guardian January 31, 2020 03:22 UTC