I Won’t Sing New National Anthem – Ex-Minister Declares Ezekwesili

A former minister of education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has declared that she would not sing the reinstated old national anthem, ‘Nigeria, We Hail thee.’

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, May 29, assented to the National Anthem bill after being passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives.

However, Ezekwesili, in a post on her X page on Wednesday frowned at the reintroduction of the old national anthem.

She said that no one could stifle her freedom to disagree with what she called an “obnoxious law” and ‘disgusting’ to any decent person in Nigeria.

Ezekwesili said: “Let it be known to all and sundry that I, Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili, will, whenever asked to sing the Nigerian National Anthem, sing: