Opinion - Nostalgic feelings, memory nodes, and reverberations have often spurred me into euphoric celebrations, bursting out to retrace the relics of history resurrected by the Nigerian leaders: The National Anthem of Independence.
Nostalgic feelings, memory nodes, and reverberations have often spurred me into euphoric celebrations, bursting out to retrace the relics of history resurrected by the Nigeria n leaders: The National Anthem of Independence. I must confess that people of my age bracket and those born and weaned before 1978 must be basking in the euphoria of the lyrics and rhythms of the old anthem, like listening back to the songs of your old juju singers in the 70s and 80s. You cannot deny the nostalgic feelings.
Well, I may not say anything different about the semantical relevance of the reintroduction. It captures the long years of pestilence and struggles of Nigerians from independence to date and seems to come as a herald of hope and courage to face another uncertain future.
The period within which the reintroduction of the anthem is passed is at the speed of light: motion moved, passed through all stages, rushed public hearing, and the President entered the chamber to put pen to paper. You would think the bill is an urgent pre-condition for something that would change the lives of millions of Nigerians from the current regrettable state of the nation.
The haste in the enactment of the reintroduction bill presupposes that the National Assembly can be this committed to defining laws and making decisions paramount to the country at the appropriate time. The nation will not remain the same if the current expediency is attached to very important and pressing issues of national interests within relevant times.
Amid this hardship, the level of bribery and corruption has skyrocketed and eaten deep into every stratum of the country, from the grassroots to the top. Since this issue is not a recent development in the nation, this goes to say that the laws are either ineffective or inactive. A review of anti-corruption laws and policies will suffice and go a long way in easing this tight-fitted and age-long burden in Nigeria.
Political instability and social unrest are other issues that require urgent attention. Some parts of Northern Nigeria, sorry, the whole nation, are almost in shambles from the recurrent insurgency.
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