{"id":29731,"date":"2020-09-09T16:25:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T16:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=29731"},"modified":"2020-09-09T16:25:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T16:25:53","slug":"obaseki-blackmailing-edo-teachers-to-support-re-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obaseki-blackmailing-edo-teachers-to-support-re-election","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Obaseki blackmailing Edo teachers to support re-election\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki is allegedly blackmailing teachers in the State to support his re-election campaign as canvassers or lose their salaries.<\/p>\n<p>A source in the education sector told The Nation the \u2018Edo Teachers Mega Rally for Obaseki\u201d, scheduled to hold in Benin City, the Edo State capital on Thursday, is being stage-managed by the Obaseki campaign organisation to give the impression that teachers are in support of his re-election.<\/p>\n<p>He said Governor Godwin Obaseki should leave Edo teachers alone because his Edo BEST educational policy has failed.<\/p>\n<p>The source added the state has recorded the worst results in common entrance examinations under the Governor in the last three and half years.<\/p>\n<p>A directive from the education authorities mandated all teachers to report at the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), the take-off point for the rally, with two passport photographs and permanent voters card (PVC) by 11.00am today.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_2_ads  \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \">\n<div class=\"ads_code\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki is allegedly blackmailing teachers in the State to support his re-election campaign as canvassers or lose their salaries. A source in the education sector told The Nation the \u2018Edo Teachers Mega Rally for Obaseki\u201d, scheduled to hold in Benin City, the Edo State capital on Thursday, is being stage-managed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":22231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[694,697],"class_list":["post-29731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-edo-state","tag-obaseki"],"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>\u2018Obaseki blackmailing Edo teachers to support re-election\u2019 - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki is allegedly blackmailing teachers in the State to support his re-election campaign\" \/>\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\/all-news\/obaseki-blackmailing-edo-teachers-to-support-re-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Obaseki blackmailing Edo teachers to support re-election\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki is allegedly blackmailing teachers in the State to support his re-election campaign\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obaseki-blackmailing-edo-teachers-to-support-re-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-09T16:25:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/obaseki-2-3.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"494\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\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\/all-news\/obaseki-blackmailing-edo-teachers-to-support-re-election#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obaseki-blackmailing-edo-teachers-to-support-re-election\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018Obaseki blackmailing Edo teachers to support re-election\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-09T16:25:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obaseki-blackmailing-edo-teachers-to-support-re-election\"},\"wordCount\":158,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obaseki-blackmailing-edo-teachers-to-support-re-election#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/obaseki-2-3.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Edo state\",\"Obaseki\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obaseki-blackmailing-edo-teachers-to-support-re-election#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obaseki-blackmailing-edo-teachers-to-support-re-election\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obaseki-blackmailing-edo-teachers-to-support-re-election\",\"name\":\"\u2018Obaseki blackmailing Edo teachers to support re-election\u2019 - 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