donogaga:
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has insisted that its version of the new national anthem released last week was the correct one.

The Director-General of NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said this in a statement issued on Tuesday by the agency’s Deputy Director of Press, Paul Odenyi.

Mr Issa-Onilu was responding to an observation made by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on the national anthem during Tuesday’s plenary.

Mr Akpabio, during the plenary, identified errors in lines three, five, and 18 of the national anthem released by the NOA..

“Where you have, ‘Nigerians all, are proud to serve’, they said ‘Nigerians all, and proud to serve’, that is number one, it should be ‘are’.

“And then it said ‘though tribes and tongues may differ’, they said, ‘though tribe and tongue, I hope you understand and at the end where we said ‘Nigeria shall be blessed’, they did not say so. They said ‘Nigeria may be blessed’.

“We are using the word shall, which is compulsion, that this country shall be blessed. So, tell the National Orientation Agency to drop what they are circulating now. Congratulations to all of us” Mr Akpabio said.



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And
Criminals
Progressing in confusion. So much problem in APC camp.

Hollyharjii:
What a national disgrace!

Can't you proofread it before signing it

Ha ha ha. And still claiming that his NOA revised anthem is correct.

MasterJayJay:
Babablus and confusion.

I will never sing that anthem. They don't even know the right version.

Tinubulation is using the anthem to distract us from his failures.

Then continue to sing your military dictators' call for more wars National Anthem. Who is forcing you to sing the original National Anthem which Nigerians from all sides approved for independent Nigeria in 1960?
New generation Nigerians, perhaps including you, were taught that Nigeria is a country formed by 36 states and Abuja with a unitary government system and a call for war National Anthem. They agreed.

Confusion everywhere

Of all the issue bedeviling the nation, the only thing that concerns the senators is tribes and tongues (i.e s)
Are they walking and working the talk?

onuman:


Then continue to sing your military dictators' call for more wars National Anthem. Who is forcing you to sing the original National Anthem which Nigerians from all sides approved for independent Nigeria in 1960?
New generation Nigerians, perhaps including you, were taught that Nigeria is a country formed by 36 states and Abuja with a unitary government system and a call for war National Anthem. They agreed.

Senate version of national anthem or NOA version, which one should Nigerians sing? That should be where your energy should be directed to.

I Blame Tinubu!

doggedfighter:
Akpabio ,try find shame preferably in your time.







Akpabio always putting himself in irrelevant things.

He's now on di*CK measuring National anthem assignment with NOA.


Nothing tangible to show as a speaker other than sending prayers into fellow criminals account.

Those observations by Akpabio are very germaine.

... "Nigerians all, are proud to serve..."(line 5) not Nigerians all, and proud to serve.

... though tribe(s) and tongue(s).... (line 3) should be in plural.

.... "Nigeria shall be blessed" (line 18) and not Nigeria may be blessed.

donogaga:
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has insisted that its version of the new national anthem released last week was the correct one.

The Director-General of NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said this in a statement issued on Tuesday by the agency’s Deputy Director of Press, Paul Odenyi.

Mr Issa-Onilu was responding to an


observation made by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on the national anthem during Tuesday’s plenary.

Mr Akpabio, during the plenary, identified errors in lines three, five, and 18 of the national anthem released by the NOA..

“Where you have, ‘Nigerians all, are proud to serve’, they said ‘Nigerians all, and proud to serve’, that is number one, it should be ‘are’.

“And then it said ‘though tribes and tongues may differ’, they said, ‘though tribe and tongue, I hope you understand and at the end where we said ‘Nigeria shall be blessed’, they did not say so. They said ‘Nigeria may be blessed’.

“We are using the word shall, which is compulsion, that this country shall be blessed. So, tell the National Orientation Agency to drop what they are circulating now. Congratulations to all of us” Mr Akpabio said.



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A committee will soon be set up to look into it and money will be allocated for that too.

This is what happens when you rush a bill into law without making a holistic assessment!
We would have avoided all these inconsistencies if there was an engagement with the public!
Now we don't even know the correct one as the number 3 citizen is still dragging with the non existent NOA about a hurriedly rushed national anthem!

onuman:

Ha ha ha. And still claiming that his NOA revised anthem is correct.

Abi o

These idiots can't even manage switching to a new anthem, no wonder the country is some how.

donogaga:
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has insisted that its version of the new national anthem released last week was the correct one.

The Director-General of NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said this in a statement issued on Tuesday by the agency’s Deputy Director of Press, Paul Odenyi.

Mr Issa-Onilu was responding to an observation made by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on the national anthem during Tuesday’s plenary.

Mr Akpabio, during the plenary, identified errors in lines three, five, and 18 of the national anthem released by the NOA..

“Where you have, ‘Nigerians all, are proud to serve’, they said ‘Nigerians all, and proud to serve’, that is number one, it should be ‘are’.

“And then it said ‘though tribes and tongues may differ’, they said, ‘though tribe and tongue, I hope you understand and at the end where we said ‘Nigeria shall be blessed’, they did not say so. They said ‘Nigeria may be blessed’.

“We are using the word shall, which is compulsion, that this country shall be blessed. So, tell the National Orientation Agency to drop what they are circulating now. Congratulations to all of us” Mr Akpabio said.



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this is embarrassing

MasterJayJay:

Senate version of national anthem or NOA version, which one should Nigerians sing? That should be where your energy should be directed to.

Any version person like make e sing abeg

What this underlines is that Mr Apkabio is NOT good at English - hence his almost illiterate grammatical explanations.
NOA version is better and grammatically more correct

adioolayi:
Senate President sef..

I feel Senator Akpabio sometimes talks too much..
Why not send his concerns to NOA or even summon the DG of NOA for clarifications..

Why causing more acceptability problems for an Anthem that is yet to gain full acceptance of the masses.

Senator Akpabio...small small..abeg

You spoke really well. This is a minor issue that should be resolved through official lines of communication and not on television like Akpabio did. Now the agency does not want to look incompetent, it will defend itself publicly to protect its image and ego.

Recent gaffes prove that Akpabio has really depreciated mentally.

donogaga:
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has insisted that its version of the new national anthem released last week was the correct one.

The Director-General of NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said this in a statement issued on Tuesday by the agency’s Deputy Director of Press, Paul Odenyi.

Mr Issa-Onilu was responding to an observation made by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on the national anthem during Tuesday’s plenary.

Mr Akpabio, during the plenary, identified errors in lines three, five, and 18 of the national anthem released by the NOA..

“Where you have, ‘Nigerians all, are proud to serve’, they said ‘Nigerians all, and proud to serve’, that is number one, it should be ‘are’.

“And then it said ‘though tribes and tongues may differ’, they said, ‘though tribe and tongue, I hope you understand and at the end where we said ‘Nigeria shall be blessed’, they did not say so. They said ‘Nigeria may be blessed’.

“We are using the word shall, which is compulsion, that this country shall be blessed. So, tell the National Orientation Agency to drop what they are circulating now. Congratulations to all of us” Mr Akpabio said.



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How does this bring down the skyrocketing prices of foodstuffs and other commodities in Nigeria? Nincompoops!!!

No be the anthem they spent 890 million for? Abi na another one

This is how it starts, they will soon leave the importance issues that need to be discussed and addressed and start engaging in senseless debates and be distracting everybody, don't worry it is when labor will off the power grid again, their head go clear

DaddyCoool:
What this underlines is that Mr Apkabio is NOT good at English - hence his almost illiterate grammatical explanations.
NOA version is better and grammatically more correct

No, it shows you don't know basic English.

Fela comes to mind: CONFUSIONBREAKYBONEE

Applied
People's
Confusion

Something is wrong with this picture called Nigeria! The painter was in a bad mood and the expression is off cue!

Anthem when there is no life in the human that will recite it!!!

What is all this now?

This correction for don chop billions

Many Nigerians don't know this authentic national anthem ooo. Presido should have also brought back old pledge .

Distractions

Even national anthem this people dey drag.
Na achievement?

Akpabio and noa should go to court and sort themselves out