FG Unveils Approved Lyrics of New Nat’l Anthem
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, has released the approved version of Nigeria’s reintroduced national anthem.
Lanre Issa-Onilu, the Director-General of the agency unveiled the standardised version of the anthem in Abuja on Wednesday, 5th June, 2024.
Issa-Onilu appealed to Nigerians to pay rapt attention to the words in lines 3 and 5 of the reintroduced national anthem.
Lyrics of the Standardised Anthem
Stanza 1
Nigeria, we hail thee
Our own dear native land
Though tribes and tongues may differ
In brotherhood, we stand
Nigerians all, are proud to serve
Our sovereign Motherland.
Stanza 2
Our flag shall be a symbol
That truth and justice reign
In peace or battle, honour’d,
And this we count as gain,
To hand on to our children
A banner without stain.
Stanza 3
O God of all creation
Grant this our one request.
Help us to build a nation
Where no man is oppressed
And so with peace and plenty
Nigeria may be blessed.
