Why Have We Abandoned Our National Prayer?
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- O God of creation,
- Direct our noble cause;
- Guide our Leaders right:
- Help our Youth the truth to know,
- In love and honesty to grow,
- And living just and true,
- Great lofty heights attain,
- To build a nation where peace and justice reigns.
I attended a Buhari-Bakare strategy meeting yesterday and for the second time in as many weeks; we sang this stanza (only) of our National anthem (which I call prayer). The first was at Bar Camp Nigeria.
Read the words line by line and you will wonder why we abandoned our prayer to God. I hope this trend of singing the second stanza catches on. EVERY event by Nigerians should be opened by that prayer.
Shamefully, I and most probably you, is yet to know every word by heart. I will sort that out by the end of today. Will you? If you can memomise everyline of 'Oleku' I doubt this is too much of a task.
Our country needs every word in that prayer.
#OneNigera
Update:
I decided not to piublish this until I had sorted myself out. I can proudly say i know our National prayer by heart.
Do you?
