The Final Burial Of Nigeria's National Anthem In South-East Nigeria

This article has been written based on thorough observation of political events in southeastern region of Nigeria. The article is not written to take 'ought to' into consideration but written to take care of 'what is' because the point of view of the writer is strictly based on realities on ground.The federal government of Nigeria, today being the 29th day of May, 2024 passed a bill into law for the change of the country's national anthem. The law brought back the old national anthem which will now be in use henceforth. Whatever the real motive of the government is for reverting to the old national anthem is not known to me and so many other Nigerians.In recent times, I have paid business visits to the eastern states of Anambra, Enugu, Imo and Abia (only Ebonyi State I have not visited). I noticed that schools in the east, both public and private don't recite the national anthem anymore. Most of the pupils/students don't even remember the beginning line again talk less of the lines that make up the anthem. It has been like this for almost 3 years.Now, with the adoption of the old national anthem which is alien to those young people, it appears like Manchester United signing Victor Ikpeba as a striker next season. I mean, students and pupils were already struggling to come to terms with the one they have been accustomed to and here, they have something else they didn't grow up to hear to learn. It is almost impossible for pupils and students from both public and private schools in southeastern Nigeria to learn this adopted anthem. I think with this, there could be a natural death and burial of Nigeria's national anthem in the southeastern region of Nigeria.