'The coat of arms should not be on Nigeria’s flag' - Fashola

Former governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola has cried about the misuse of national symbols such as the anthem and flag.

Fashola bitterly spoke about an instance where the national flag was misrepresented.

He narrated that while hoisting the flag, he discovered the coat of arms on it.

Fashola shared his observation on Monday during an interview on Channels Television.

He said: “Just this afternoon, I was asked to hoist a flag of Nigeria.

“By the time the flag unfurled, I saw that there was a coat of arms in the middle and I whispered to my host that ‘this is not the flag of Nigeria’. Nigeria’s flag does not have a coat of arms in the middle. It is green, white, and green.

“When I was in primary school, these were the symbolisms of those Independence Day parades, Children’s Day parades, and this was how we were taught to stand up or maintain our position whenever we heard Nigeria’s national anthem being rendered. “You sit today and you shudder in your skin what happens today, what people have been taught when the national anthem is rendered.”

BEB