- She asserted that no one can suppress her right to oppose what she termed an “obnoxious law”
Former Minister of Education Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili stated that she would not adopt the new national anthem recently signed by President Bola Tinubu as the country’s anthem.
Ezekwesili shared this on her X handle on Wednesday.
She asserted that no one can suppress her right to oppose what she termed an “obnoxious law” that offends all individuals of good conscience in Nigeria.
The ex-minister said, “Let it be known to all and sundry that I, Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili, will, whenever asked to sing the Nigerian National Anthem, sing:
“1. Arise, O compatriots, Nigeria’s call obey
“To serve our fatherland
“With love and strength and faith
“The labour of our heroes past
“Shall never be in vain
“To serve with heart and might
“One nation bound in freedom, peace and unity.”
She added, “2. Oh God of creation, direct our noble cause
“Guide our leader’s right
“Help our youth the truth to know
“In love and honesty to grow
“And living just and true
“Great lofty heights attain
“To build a nation where peace and justice reign.