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The immediate past Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has warned Nigerians against inscribing the coat of arms on the national flag, calling it an abuse of the national colours.
Fashola stated, “Just this afternoon , I was asked to hoist a flag of Nigeria. By the time the flag unfurled, I saw that there was a coat of arms in the middle and I whispered to my host that ‘this is not the flag of Nigeria’. Nigeria’s flag does not have a coat of arms in the middle. It is green, white, and green.”
“When I was in primary school, these were the symbolisms of those Independence Day parades, Children’s Day parades, and this was how we were taught to stand up or maintain our position whenever we heard Nigeria’s national anthem being rendered,” Fashola said.Akure-Ado-Ekiti road 'll be constructed with concrete technology - Umahi
The former Lagos governor also spoke out against singing the national anthem “at every little event,” including when the President arrives at a social function, claiming that it should be performed as a symbol of the country’s sovereignty.
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