{"id":89766,"date":"2023-06-13T09:38:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T08:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2"},"modified":"2023-06-13T13:30:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T12:30:05","slug":"apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2","title":{"rendered":"APC calls for democratic rebirth in Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>As Nigeria marks democracy day, the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State has called for a democratic rebirth in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The party, in a statement by its state Publicity Secretary, Darlington Nwauju said it believes the critical elements of democracy are, respect for the rule of law, political tolerance, transparency, accountability, participation of citizens and equality.<\/p>\n<p>Nwauju advised stakeholders to practice the elements of democracy to deliver proper representation, which he claims is the missing link in governance in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>The statement stressed that Nigerians must have freedom of expression, noting that participation is the foundation that makes democracy strong.<\/p>\n<p>He said the right to vote and hold peaceful protests cannot and should not be difficult in the state, to avoid the pitfalls of June 12, 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Nwauju said all political parties, religions, ethnic groups and regions must be treated equally in a genuine democracy.<\/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. As Nigeria marks democracy day, the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State has called for a democratic rebirth in the state. The party, in a statement by its state Publicity Secretary, Darlington Nwauju said it believes the critical elements of democracy are, respect for the rule of law, political tolerance, transparency, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[1570,2140,34,254,421],"class_list":["post-89766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-apc","tag-nigeria","tag-rivers"],"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>APC calls for democratic rebirth in Rivers - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As Nigeria marks democracy day, the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State has called for a democratic rebirth i ...\" \/>\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\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"APC calls for democratic rebirth in Rivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As Nigeria marks democracy day, the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State has called for a democratic rebirth i ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-13T08:38:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-13T12:30:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/sm_1686643134.1442.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"APC calls for democratic rebirth in Rivers\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-13T08:38:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-13T12:30:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2\"},\"wordCount\":165,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/sm_1686643134.1442.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"APC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Rivers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2\",\"name\":\"APC calls for democratic rebirth in Rivers - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/sm_1686643134.1442.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-13T08:38:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-13T12:30:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"As Nigeria marks democracy day, the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State has called for a democratic rebirth i ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/sm_1686643134.1442.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/sm_1686643134.1442.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"APC calls for democratic rebirth in Rivers\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"APC calls for democratic rebirth in Rivers\"}]},{\"@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":"APC calls for democratic rebirth in Rivers - Nigeria","description":"As Nigeria marks democracy day, the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State has called for a democratic rebirth i ...","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\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"APC calls for democratic rebirth in Rivers","og_description":"As Nigeria marks democracy day, the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State has called for a democratic rebirth i ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2023-06-13T08:38:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-13T12:30:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/sm_1686643134.1442.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\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"APC calls for democratic rebirth in Rivers","datePublished":"2023-06-13T08:38:31+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-13T12:30:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2"},"wordCount":165,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/sm_1686643134.1442.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","APC","Nigeria","Rivers"],"articleSection":["all news","Parties"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2","name":"APC calls for democratic rebirth in Rivers - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/sm_1686643134.1442.jpg","datePublished":"2023-06-13T08:38:31+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-13T12:30:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"As Nigeria marks democracy day, the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State has called for a democratic rebirth i ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/sm_1686643134.1442.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/sm_1686643134.1442.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"APC calls for democratic rebirth in Rivers"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-calls-for-democratic-rebirth-in-rivers-2#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"APC calls for democratic rebirth in Rivers"}]},{"@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\/89766","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=89766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}