{"id":126513,"date":"2024-08-01T09:16:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T08:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili"},"modified":"2024-08-01T10:24:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T09:24:32","slug":"endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili","title":{"rendered":"EndBadGovernance: Only Nigerian govt can make protest bloody \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has said only the Nigerian government and its supporters can turn the EndBadGovernance protest into a \u201cbloody affair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ezekwesili urged the Nigerian and the state governments to see the protest as an opportunity for deep introspection.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, the former Minister called on the government to ensure the full protection of protesters expressing their grievances.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ezekwesili: \u201cAs we can all already see, the only group that will turn the #EndBadGovernaceProtest into the \u2018bloody affair\u2019 that @NigeriaGov propagandists are predicting and prophesying is the Government and its supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe People are simply saying \u2018We are Hungry and therefore Angry\u2019. We want you to know this and ACT correctly to solve our problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimple. Again, I ask the Governments @NigeriaGov, State Governments and Governors, the Lawmakers, @nassnigeria<\/p>\n<p>and State Assemblies to make this nationwide expression of dissatisfaction and disapproval of Citizens their opportunity for Deep Introspection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsider your ways. Produce convincing evidence-backed Responses and Plans of Action to Citizens\u2019 Demands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@NGRPresident has a Duty to ensure full protection of Citizens who wish to exercise their constitutional right to protest #BadGovernance across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@PoliceNG must do EVERYTHING right by the People.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must remind the @HQNigerianArmy that they cannot in any guise abuse the rights of Citizens. Nigerian Citizens will win. Ultimately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has said only the Nigerian government and its supporters can turn the EndBadGovernance protest into a \u201cbloody affair.\u201d Ezekwesili urged the Nigerian and the state governments to see the protest as an opportunity for deep introspection. Posting on X, the former Minister called on the government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":126512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[14285,254,227,3916,260],"class_list":["post-126513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-endbadgovernance","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian-govt","tag-oby-ezekwesili","tag-protest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EndBadGovernance: Only Nigerian govt can make protest bloody \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has said only the Nigerian government and its supporters can turn the EndBa ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EndBadGovernance: Only Nigerian govt can make protest bloody \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has said only the Nigerian government and its supporters can turn the EndBa ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-01T08:16:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-01T09:24:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1722491401.307287.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"567\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"EndBadGovernance: Only Nigerian govt can make protest bloody \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-01T08:16:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-01T09:24:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili\"},\"wordCount\":241,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1722491401.307287.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"EndBadGovernance\",\"Nigeria\",\"Nigerian Govt\",\"Oby Ezekwesili\",\"Protest\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili\",\"name\":\"EndBadGovernance: Only Nigerian govt can make protest bloody \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1722491401.307287.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-01T08:16:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-01T09:24:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has said only the Nigerian government and its supporters can turn the EndBa ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1722491401.307287.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1722491401.307287.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":567,\"caption\":\"EndBadGovernance: Only Nigerian govt can make protest bloody \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"EndBadGovernance: Only Nigerian govt can make protest bloody \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"EndBadGovernance: Only Nigerian govt can make protest bloody \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili - Nigeria","description":"Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has said only the Nigerian government and its supporters can turn the EndBa ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"EndBadGovernance: Only Nigerian govt can make protest bloody \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili","og_description":"Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has said only the Nigerian government and its supporters can turn the EndBa ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2024-08-01T08:16:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-01T09:24:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":567,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1722491401.307287.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"EndBadGovernance: Only Nigerian govt can make protest bloody \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili","datePublished":"2024-08-01T08:16:36+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-01T09:24:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili"},"wordCount":241,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1722491401.307287.jpg","keywords":["EndBadGovernance","Nigeria","Nigerian Govt","Oby Ezekwesili","Protest"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili","name":"EndBadGovernance: Only Nigerian govt can make protest bloody \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1722491401.307287.jpg","datePublished":"2024-08-01T08:16:36+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-01T09:24:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has said only the Nigerian government and its supporters can turn the EndBa ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1722491401.307287.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1722491401.307287.jpg","width":1000,"height":567,"caption":"EndBadGovernance: Only Nigerian govt can make protest bloody \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-only-nigerian-govt-can-make-protest-bloody-oby-ezekwesili#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"EndBadGovernance: Only Nigerian govt can make protest bloody \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}