WHEN it became public knowledge that the National Assembly was working on a bill that will make us revert to the old national anthem, what came to my mind was that it was not possible, forgetting that in my country, anything is possible, especially when a lot of magicians are in high places.
At the hearing, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, suggested that the scope of the bill should be expanded to include a robust issue of national identity rather than limiting it to a change of national anthem, while Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN urged the lawmakers to subject the bill to wider consultations before passing it.
I ask all members of the National Assembly: How will reversion to the old national anthem help solve these problems? How will it bring down the cost of petrol and diesel? How will it make the GENCOs generate more electricity and the DISCOs distribute them efficiently? Will the old national anthem make the Organised Labour, the Federal and state governments and the Organised Private Sector give workers an acceptable minimum wage and avert looming industrial...