Osun govt direct schools to start reciting new national anthem

The Osun State Government on Friday ordered all public and private schools in the state to start reciting “Nigeria, We hail thee” a few days after President Ahmed Bola Tinubu returned the old national anthem.

The state Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Murtala Jimoh, made this known via a statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo.

The statement, however, instructed all heads of schools in both public and private schools to ensure compliance in their various schools.

It affirmed that “it is the new Anthem that should be rendered and recited during their various morning assemblies and this should be done as a matter of duty.”

“All heads of schools in both private and public schools must ensure their pupils learn the Anthem and begin to sing it henceforth.”

“The Federal Government recently approved a new National Anthem for the country; it is therefore pertinent for schools across Osun State to comply with this directive

It will be recalled that President Tinubu signed the National Anthem bill seeking to return the old national anthem ‘Nigeria, We hail thee’ into law.

ALSO READ THESE TOP STORIES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE 

• Nigeria, 7 other African countries that have changed national anthem

• Tinubu to Arewa leaders: Summon govs to allow LGs function

• GDP not enough to measure economic growth — AfDB

• We’ll make Nigeria, Africa’s global electric vehicle revolution hub — Tinubu

• Kano: The emirate with two emirs