The old national anthem returns: President Tinubu's day at National Assembly
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said he would soon send a supplementary budget to the National Assembly in a speech to the joint sitting of the National Assembly on Wednesday, to commemorate 25th anniversary of unbroken democracy in our country and his first year in office.
The President spoke extempore for eight minutes , after the Senate President Godswill Akpabio had said President Tinubu will speak more elaborately on June 12, the real Democracy Day.
President Tinubu praised the assembly for its collaboration with his government, citing the Budget 2024, which was passed expeditiously. He said there is no other choice than this collaboration between the executive and legislature. He said that no one else—not even foreigners—will support the development of our nation.
" Let us work together to build our nation, not only for us but for generations yet unborn".
He said he started his politics in this same hallowed chamber as a senator in 1992. Without this path, he said, he may not have become president of Nigeria.
However, the highlight of his speech and his time in the National Assembly was the news that Nigeria has reverted to the first post-independence National Anthem, 'Nigeria we hail thee, our dear native land. Though tribe and tongue may differ, in brotherhood we stand." The anthem was played when the President entered the Assembly and was also rendered to cap proceedings.
Among the dignitaries at the Assembly were Vice President Kashim Shettima, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, Governor Babagana Zulum, APC chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, former House Speakers, Femi Gbajabiamila and Patricia Etteh, Minister of Budget and National Planning Atiku Bagudu, Special duties minister, Zaphaniah Bitrus Jisalo.
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