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Meet Professor Filicia Adedoyin, The Woman That Wrote The National Pledge


I Pledge To Nigeria My Country. To Be Faithful, Loyal, And Honest. To Serve Nigeria With All My Strength. To Defend Her Unity And


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I pledge to Nigeria my country. 

To be faithful, loyal, and honest. 
To serve Nigeria with all my strength. 
To defend her unity and uphold her honour and glory
So help me God.
If you are reading this line now, then you indeed just finished reciting the Nigeria National Pledge of allegiance. The national pledge is usually recited immediately after the singing of the Nigerian national anthem, in schools and other public functions within the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 

The national pledge which was adopted in 1976 has remained one of the binding forces holding Nigeria together as a nation by imbuing upon the citizenry a genuine sense of patriotic obligation to the progress and unity of Nigeria. 
Even though words will not be enough to describe the contributions of the national pledge towards the sustainability of Nigeria's sovereignty, very little is known about the woman conceived and imprinted the wordings of this great pillar of national unity. 
Her name as verified from Wikipedia.org is Prof (Mrs.) Felicia Adebola Adedoyin. Professor Felicia Adedoyin was born in Shaki, Shaki West Local Government Area of Oyo State on the 6th of November 1938. She is a princess and one of six children from the Iji ruling house of Shaki. 
What led to her writing the national pledge? 
Professor Adedoyin was compared to write the national pledge due to the pressure she received from a question she was asked by her children. Her children were already familiar with reciting the Oath of Allegiance in their school in the United States and also the State Pledge in Achimotu School in Accra Ghana. 
Out of childhood curiosity and vehemence, they inquired to know why they didn't recite any pledge while they were in Nigeria. Their mother, not willing to deceive them told them the bitter truth that their fatherland had no National Pledge. This eventually translated into the major challenge that propelled her to compose a National Pledge for Nigeria and she finally achieved it in June 1976 while she was just 38 years old. 
Her new creativity was featured in the Daily Times of July 15, 1976, in an article titled "Loyalty to the Nation, Pledge". Her work was eventually presented to General Olusegun Obasanjo, the then Head of State who accepted and modified the work. 
In September 1976, General Obasanjo degreed that all school children should recite Pledge in their assemblies daily. Obasanjo testified to this in his book " Not My Will" (1990, pg. 118). 
It would be unfair for you to leave this page without dropping a word of respect to this great Heroine of our nation. Also, remember to share this post with others.
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Corpses Washed Away From Cemeteries By Floodwater As Storm Alex Kills Seven In France And Italy -newsdaily.com.ng10h

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Corpses washed away from cemeteries by floodwater as Storm Alex kills seven in France and Italy -

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CORPSES were washed away from cemeteries as Storm Alex caused devastation, killing at least seven people in France and Italy.

The storm struck France’s Alpes-Maritimes region as well as Liguria and Piedmont in Italy, causing widespread flooding, destroying property and wrecking vehicles.
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A house in Saint-Martin-Vesubie, southern France, was wrecked by Storm AlexA house in Saint-Martin-Vesubie, southern France, was wrecked by Storm Alex
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Storm Alex also left cars destroyed and stuck in thick mud in Breil sur Roya, southern FranceStorm Alex also left cars destroyed and stuck in thick mud in Breil sur Roya, southern France
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A French police helicopter surveys the damage done by Storm AlexA French police helicopter surveys the damage done by Storm Alex
Previously it had been reported 12 people had died but it has now emerged that some of those thought to have been killed by the storm were actually corpses that had been in a cemetery and the bodies had been washed away by the floods into Italy.

Prime Minister Jean Castex said French rescuers were still searching for 21 people missing.
Castex said more than 900 rescuers, 500 police officers and some troops were involved in the emergency operation in the mountainous region, which is home to 12,000 residents.
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A woman surveys the cars left piled up on top of one another in southern FranceA woman surveys the cars left piled up on top of one another in southern France
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An aerial view of Breil-sur-Roya, a French village close to the Italian border, where houses were buried in mud and turned-over cars were stuck in the riverbedAn aerial view of Breil-sur-Roya, a French village close to the Italian border, where houses were buried in mud and turned-over cars were stuck in the riverbed
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This home in Saint-Martin-Vesubie, southern France, looked to be in danger of collapsingThis home in Saint-Martin-Vesubie, southern France, looked to be in danger of collapsing
He added that about 700 people were staying in hotels or other accommodation sites after being evacuated from their homes.
French President Emmanuel Macron will visit the area Wednesday, he said.
A spokeswoman for France’s Alpes-Maritimes regional administration said it was unclear where the bodies had come from but corpses unearthed from cemeteries had washed up on the Italian side.
The cemetery corpses were in such an advanced state of decomposition that they were clearly distinguishable from recent storm victims, the French spokeswoman said.
Local authorities have said cemeteries in the French towns of Saint-Martin-de-Vesubie and Tende were partially washed out by the floods.
Tende Mayor Jean-Pierre Vassallo told Le Parisien newspaper that the village cemetery was cut in two and bodies were unearthed.
Forensic police working to identify the dead are among the security forces, firefighters, rescue divers and others helping Tuesday in the continuing search and clean-up effort, according to a spokesman for Frances national gendarme service.
Police are going door-to-door to check on people reported as missing in hamlets where roads, electricity, communications and water supplies were cut off by Storm Alex, the spokesman said.
In Breil-sur-Roya, the river that runs through the village of 2,000 residents, usually known for trout fishing, has turned during the storm into a torrent of mud, rocks and debris.
Long-time residents describe the damage in biblical terms, saying they’d never seen anything like it.
Some have started to clean up, spending their whole day shoveling mud out of shops and homes while trucks hauled away felled trees to clear streets and roads. Cars coated in caked mud were piled on top of each other.

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