Nigeria's call obey,
To serve our fatherland,
The labour,
Of our heroes past
Building this nation
Shall never be in vain.
We come to pledge to Nigeria,
Faithfulness and honesty,
Loyalty without deceit,
Yet...
We tell her we are disappointed,
In what she has come to be,
But honestly,
Who is she?
She is us,
She calls on us,
O Nigerians, arise,
Serve your fatherland,
Let not the labour of heroes' past be in vain,
The heroes' labour in pain,
They started for us to continue,
But we have left the work to a few,
Sitting down,
Watching ourselves degrade,
Leaving Nigeria to fade,
And then we blame Nigeria,
But who is Nigeria,
She is us,
She calls on us,
O, Nigerians,arise,
Serve with heart and might your fatherland,
Remember the day you pledged,
To defend her unity,
And uphold her honour and glory,
So don't let her glory,
Become a story,
Or her honour a thing of the past,
No, into stone it should be cast,
Forever her honour and glory will last.
As Nigeria comes of age,
We write in pages,
The story of our labour,
And of generations before,
As memories to store,
As we continue to do more,
To develop Nigeria,
To develop our selves,
A people so diverse,
Rich in resource,
Do you not see,
What Nigeria can be,
Together we can preserve her dignity,
Let us not leave her unattended,
Or her problems unconfronted,
If we leave the work to her,
We will suffer.
Nigeria needs us,
Obey her call,
O compatriots,
Serve with love and strength and faith,
Our fatherland,
Let not our heroes'labour be in vain,
Building a nation bound in freedom,
United because,
We are one,
We are together,
We may be forever,
One country,
One nation,
Great people,
And together,
Every year,
We come to wish Nigeria,
Happy Independence Day.
Nigeria at 62#
(Picture credit-'The Carbon Brief Profile: Nigeria.')
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