Is Nigeria's national anthem change an important shift in culture or a political distraction?

Published: June 11, 2024, 1 a.m.

President Bola Tinubu has signed into law a bill to reintroduce Nigeria\u2019s old national anthem which was dropped by its military government in 1978.

He said the country\u2019s old anthem composed in 1959 symbolised Nigeria's diversity. But many have questioned his priorities amid the cost of living crisis which is shaking the country to the core.

Africa Daily\u2019s Alan Kasujja has been hearing more about this change and its impact from the BBC\u2019s Chris Ewokor in the capital Abuja and Nigerian gospel singer and song writer Chidinma Okebalama, better known as \u201cChee\u201d.