{"id":78962,"date":"2022-12-30T17:06:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T16:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2023-presidency-is-battle-for-soul-of-nigeria-ezekwesili"},"modified":"2022-12-30T17:06:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T16:06:52","slug":"2023-presidency-is-battle-for-soul-of-nigeria-ezekwesili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-presidency-is-battle-for-soul-of-nigeria-ezekwesili","title":{"rendered":"2023 presidency is battle for soul of Nigeria \u2013 Ezekwesili"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said the forthcoming presidential election is a battle for the soul of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Ezekwesili disclosed the statement on Friday in a post via her verified Twitter handle.<\/p>\n<p>She said the darkness over the nation is not yet enough for those who love power for the sake of it and acquisitions, adding that they want to darken it more.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote, \u201cYou all should better know that the 2023 presidential elections, in particular, is a \u201cBattle for the Soul of Nigeria\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe darkness over our Land is not yet enough for those \u201cwho love Power for the sake of Power and acquisitions\u201d, so they want to darken it more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill you allow them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said the forthcoming presidential election is a battle for the soul of Nigeria. Ezekwesili disclosed the statement on Friday in a post via her verified Twitter handle. She said the darkness over the nation is not yet enough for those who love power for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":78960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14],"tags":[1872,1570,2140,215,254],"class_list":["post-78962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-2023-presidency","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-ezekwesili","tag-nigeria"],"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>2023 presidency is battle for soul of Nigeria \u2013 Ezekwesili - Nigeria<\/title>\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\/2023-presidency-is-battle-for-soul-of-nigeria-ezekwesili\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2023 presidency is battle for soul of Nigeria \u2013 Ezekwesili\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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