"NIGERIA, WE HAIL THEE, OUR DEAR NATIVE LAND THOUGH TRIBE & TONGUE MAY DIFFER, IN ONE BROTHERHOOD WE STAND"(Nigeria's 1st national anthem, composed by a foreigner). When I was young, my mum & dad always told me that if they have their way, they would luv to bring back the former national anthem. Why was it changed? It was changed with the sole reason that it was compose by a foreigner & other minor reasons. My parents told me how the former anthem was love, dignity, self value & respect we earned by virtue of the anthem. This was when Nigeria was the giant of Africa, not anymore. I personally like the former anthem more than the present one, but there's nothing I can do about it. Now my questions are: *IF YOU HAVE ALL THE POWERS IN THE WORLD BESTOWED ON YOU, TO MAKE LAWS, TO EFFECT CHANGE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REINSTATE THE FORMER NATIONAL ANTHEM? *DO U THINK THE FORMER NATIONAL ANTHEM COMMANDED RESPECT MORE THAN THE PRESENT ONE? *DO YOU THINK THE YARDSTICKS THEY CONSIDERED FOR THE CHANGE HAS ENOUGH JUSTIFICATION IN TODAYS WORLD? *WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE TWO ANTHEMS? I'll really love to see the old good days restored. Let Nigeria become the giant of Africa again in real sense, not in abstract.