{"id":155851,"date":"2022-03-02T05:56:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T04:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=155851"},"modified":"2022-03-02T05:57:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T04:57:47","slug":"nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"N&#8217;assembly passes bill empowering states to generate electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The national assembly has passed a constitutional reform bill that gives state governments legal autonomy to generate, transmit and distribute electricity.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The legislation is entitled: \u201cA Bill For An Act to alter the provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to allow States generate, transmit and distribute electricity in areas covered by the national grid; and for related matters\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The bill is one of the legal reforms to Nigeria\u2019s 1999 constitution that both houses voted on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to tweets by both chambers, the majority of lawmakers voted to alter the provisions of the 1999 Nigerian constitution \u201cto allow states generate, transmit and distribute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/21\/amcon-takes-over-ibadan-electricity-distribution-company\/\">electricity<\/a> in areas covered by the national grid\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">More than 200 lawmakers voted in support of the bill, while all seated members of the senate voted for the bill.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The bill will still pass through the states\u2019 assemblies before it can be signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The new development is expected to end the federal government\u2019s control and solve the issue of the country\u2019s epileptic power supply to over 200 million population.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national assembly has passed a constitutional reform bill that gives state governments legal autonomy to generate, transmit and distribute electricity. The legislation is entitled: \u201cA Bill For An Act to alter the provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to allow States generate, transmit and distribute electricity in areas covered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":2085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9240,547,16,17781],"class_list":["post-155851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-constitution-amendment","tag-electricity","tag-national-assembly","tag-state-governments"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>N&#039;assembly passes bill empowering states to generate electricity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The national assembly has passed a constitutional reform bill that gives state governments legal autonomy to generate, transmit and distribute electricity.\" \/>\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.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"N&#039;assembly passes bill empowering states to generate electricity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The national assembly has passed a constitutional reform bill that gives state governments legal autonomy to generate, transmit and distribute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-02T04:56:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-02T04:57:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/ify-davies\/2021\/02\/28\/Electricity-1-1062x558-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1062\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"558\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@OChocomilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated 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\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/02\\\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/02\\\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452\"},\"headline\":\"N&#8217;assembly passes bill empowering states to generate electricity\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-02T04:56:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-02T04:57:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/02\\\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/02\\\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/ify-davies\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/28\\\/Electricity-1-1062x558-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Constitution amendment\",\"electricity\",\"National Assembly\",\"State governments\"],\"articleSection\":[\"National\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/02\\\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/02\\\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/02\\\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\\\/\",\"name\":\"N'assembly passes bill empowering states to generate electricity\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/02\\\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/02\\\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/ify-davies\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/28\\\/Electricity-1-1062x558-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-02T04:56:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-02T04:57:47+00:00\",\"description\":\"The national assembly has passed a constitutional reform bill that gives state governments legal autonomy to generate, transmit and distribute electricity.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/02\\\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/02\\\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/02\\\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/ify-davies\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/28\\\/Electricity-1-1062x558-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/ify-davies\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/28\\\/Electricity-1-1062x558-1.jpg\",\"width\":1062,\"height\":558,\"caption\":\"Electricity Tariff Hike\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/02\\\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"N&#8217;assembly passes bill empowering states to generate electricity\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS\",\"description\":\"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452\",\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\"},\"description\":\"Lawal Sodiq Adewale aka CHOCOMILO is an award winning journalist. Mail me at Chocomilo@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/OChocomilo\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"N'assembly passes bill empowering states to generate electricity","description":"The national assembly has passed a constitutional reform bill that gives state governments legal autonomy to generate, transmit and distribute electricity.","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.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"N'assembly passes bill empowering states to generate electricity","og_description":"The national assembly has passed a constitutional reform bill that gives state governments legal autonomy to generate, transmit and distribute","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL","article_published_time":"2022-03-02T04:56:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-02T04:57:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1062,"height":558,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/ify-davies\/2021\/02\/28\/Electricity-1-1062x558-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@OChocomilo","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/"},"author":{"name":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452"},"headline":"N&#8217;assembly passes bill empowering states to generate electricity","datePublished":"2022-03-02T04:56:06+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-02T04:57:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/"},"wordCount":190,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/ify-davies\/2021\/02\/28\/Electricity-1-1062x558-1.jpg","keywords":["Constitution amendment","electricity","National Assembly","State governments"],"articleSection":["National"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/","name":"N'assembly passes bill empowering states to generate electricity","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/ify-davies\/2021\/02\/28\/Electricity-1-1062x558-1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-03-02T04:56:06+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-02T04:57:47+00:00","description":"The national assembly has passed a constitutional reform bill that gives state governments legal autonomy to generate, transmit and distribute electricity.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/ify-davies\/2021\/02\/28\/Electricity-1-1062x558-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/ify-davies\/2021\/02\/28\/Electricity-1-1062x558-1.jpg","width":1062,"height":558,"caption":"Electricity Tariff Hike"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/02\/nassembly-passes-bill-empowering-states-to-generate-electricity\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"N&#8217;assembly passes bill empowering states to generate electricity"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","name":"NEWS","description":"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization","name":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/x.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452","name":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo"},"description":"Lawal Sodiq Adewale aka CHOCOMILO is an award winning journalist. Mail me at Chocomilo@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL","https:\/\/x.com\/OChocomilo"],"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/adewale_chocomilo\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}