{"id":24475,"date":"2021-04-22T05:24:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T04:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=24475"},"modified":"2021-04-22T05:24:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T04:24:04","slug":"army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Chief to Senate: We need more funds to tackle insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru has requested the senate to improve funding for the military to purchase equipment and weapons.<\/p>\n<p>This request was made by the Chief of Army Staff on Wednesday while receiving the senate committee on army in his office.<\/p>\n<p>Attahiru said the support of the lawmakers is needed assist the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/21\/how-bandits-stormed-military-camp-in-niger-set-vehicles-on-fire\/\">military<\/a> to defeat all security threats.<\/p>\n<p>The army chief said Nigeria is faced with a lot of security challenges that include insurgency in the north-east, banditry in the north-west and parts of north-central, as well as secessionist agitations in the south-east.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo curb and finally defeat these threats, the Nigerian army requires equipment, weapons, armour fighting vehicles, platforms, and various combat enablers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge you to, as a matter of urgency, consider these critical needs as you legislate and appropriate funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be counting on your support, so that we can efficiently perform our constitutional roles and defeat all our threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attahiru said the committee\u2019s visit was timely as it afforded them the opportunity to interact and discuss issues that would impact on the funding of army operations.<\/p>\n<p>He also assured the lawmakers that the army, under his leadership, will remain apolitical and committed to the protection of democracy and good governance in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, Ali Ndume, chairman of the committee, said the purpose of the visit was to have a close understanding of the issues and needs of the Nigerian army and find a way to address them.<\/p>\n<p>He said the army has the daunting task of mitigating the various security challenges confronting the country, and that the national assembly was ready to give the necessary legislative support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why we are calling on the government to give the Nigerian army the necessary support and tools to execute the mandate that is highly expected,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFortunately, we understand that the supplementary budget will be laid before the national assembly to take care of some of the loopholes and lapses that we saw in the 2021 budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKnowing the new security challenges that we are facing in various regions, we are pledging that the national assembly will give all the necessary support to the Nigerian army; especially, when it comes to the issue of budget or supplementary budget that is coming before us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The development comes after soldiers at the frontline had lamented lack of adequate weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru has requested the senate to improve funding for the military to purchase equipment and weapons. This request was made by the Chief of Army Staff on Wednesday while receiving the senate committee on army in his office. Attahiru said the support of the lawmakers is needed assist the military [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":8699,"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":[6283,83,1507,588],"class_list":["post-24475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-army-chief-ibrahim-attahiru","tag-insecurity","tag-military","tag-senate"],"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>Army Chief to Senate: We need more funds to tackle insecurity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru has requested the senate to improve funding for the military to purchase equipment and weapons.\" \/>\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\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Army Chief to Senate: We need more funds to tackle insecurity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru has requested the senate to improve funding for the military to purchase equipment and weapons. This request was\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-04-22T04:24:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/kunlenet07\/2021\/03\/15\/Major-General-I-Attahiru.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/22\\\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/22\\\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452\"},\"headline\":\"Army Chief to Senate: We need more funds to tackle insecurity\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-22T04:24:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/22\\\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":409,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/22\\\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/15\\\/Major-General-I-Attahiru.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Army Chief Ibrahim Attahiru\",\"insecurity\",\"Military\",\"senate\"],\"articleSection\":[\"National\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/22\\\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/22\\\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/22\\\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\\\/\",\"name\":\"Army Chief to Senate: We need more funds to tackle insecurity\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/22\\\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/22\\\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/15\\\/Major-General-I-Attahiru.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-22T04:24:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru has requested the senate to improve funding for the military to purchase equipment and weapons.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/22\\\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/22\\\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/22\\\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/15\\\/Major-General-I-Attahiru.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/15\\\/Major-General-I-Attahiru.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":427},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/22\\\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Army Chief to Senate: We need more funds to tackle insecurity\"}]},{\"@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":"Army Chief to Senate: We need more funds to tackle insecurity","description":"Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru has requested the senate to improve funding for the military to purchase equipment and weapons.","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\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Army Chief to Senate: We need more funds to tackle insecurity","og_description":"Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru has requested the senate to improve funding for the military to purchase equipment and weapons. This request was","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/","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":"2021-04-22T04:24:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":427,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/kunlenet07\/2021\/03\/15\/Major-General-I-Attahiru.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":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/"},"author":{"name":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452"},"headline":"Army Chief to Senate: We need more funds to tackle insecurity","datePublished":"2021-04-22T04:24:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/"},"wordCount":409,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/kunlenet07\/2021\/03\/15\/Major-General-I-Attahiru.jpg","keywords":["Army Chief Ibrahim Attahiru","insecurity","Military","senate"],"articleSection":["National"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/","name":"Army Chief to Senate: We need more funds to tackle insecurity","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/kunlenet07\/2021\/03\/15\/Major-General-I-Attahiru.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-22T04:24:04+00:00","description":"Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru has requested the senate to improve funding for the military to purchase equipment and weapons.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/kunlenet07\/2021\/03\/15\/Major-General-I-Attahiru.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/kunlenet07\/2021\/03\/15\/Major-General-I-Attahiru.jpg","width":640,"height":427},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/army-chief-to-senate-we-need-more-funds-to-tackle-insecurity\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Army Chief to Senate: We need more funds to tackle insecurity"}]},{"@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\/24475","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=24475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}