Well, no amount of anthem and prayers in it can change a nation, but change of attitude.
Anthems should organically flow from the heart and mind; a product of character and not just imposition of lyrics on the people and the nation.
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Song is the last ethical, emotional and spiritual element in the outburst or expression of holistic national construction and reconstruction.
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In fact, as an end product of the national change process, after a thorough attitudinal, mental and mind surgeries, the masses should be the one clamouring for the change of national tone and not the “microscopic few” somewhere legislatively imposing it.
Dr. G O. Odeh wrote from Sokoto
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