The House of Representatives has advanced a bill for a second reading, proposing a return to the previous national anthem. Championing the debate on the bill's fundamental principles, Julius Ihonvbere, its initiator, emphasized the importance of fostering patriotism and nationalism.

During deliberations, Chinda, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, contended that the old national anthem, being a colonial relic, should not be revisited in a post-independent Nigeria. This stance found support from Ahmad Satomi, the representative of Jere Federal Constituency, Borno State.

However, diverging from this view, another lawmaker from Borno, Ahmed Jaha, endorsed the bill, asserting that the wording of the new anthem lacks substantive relevance to the affairs of the Nigerian State.