The official Independence poem is from this awe-inspiring prolific Poet, Soldier, and Freethinker, Yakubu Babaginda Yakubu.



Enjoy this piece below:



CASKET OF ANCIENT WONDERS – THE REBIRTH OF A GREAT NATION

Love once did hold a diverse Race abound
Truth once did reside in the purest of hearts
Time bared no witness for the great alchemy of sincerity that spawned.

Greed and lust soon creped deep beneath the shades of doubt and despair.
Truth tossed far from were illusion did live.

Virtue and Truce entangled in an unending waves of skirmish.
Uncertainty now bids their bond farewell.

But a great people
Never set aside humility for petty grievance
For life’s best gift is the greatest virtue there is

So on this day we forget Ahead amidst the forge midst and dew
On this day we break the jinx of unholy revelations
On this day we match forward hand in hand with the will to find deep our soul tamed solitude
On this day we set aside our petty differences
On this day we become our brother’s keepers

For the Love of home country
For the love one vision
For the love of a brighter tomorrow
For the love one voice that will be heard across the inter tropical convergence zone.

Long Live our mother land
It’s Leaders
It’s Combatants
It’s Patriots
It’s Defenders
It’s Guardians
It’s Keepers
It’s Clerics
It’s Traditions
It’s Cultures
It’s blood line
It’s immortal Heritage

for when tomorrow comes
History will surely contend with us.

*LONG LIVE NIGERIA AT 57*

POEM BY:
YAKUBU BABANGIDA
copyright©™102017
yakububabangida@greatpoets.com



Source: http://www.ngg.ng/2017/10/01/official-independence-poem-for-nigeria-57/