{"id":35321,"date":"2021-05-19T05:38:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T04:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=35321"},"modified":"2021-05-19T05:38:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T04:38:18","slug":"kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna strike: Workers threaten to switch off national grid, says Ngige"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has begged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to call off the strike in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the NLC embarked on a five-day warning strike on Monday\u00a0to protest the disengagement of 4,000 workers across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Kaduna government had stated that the decision was taken because the huge wage bill was not sustainable for the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued on Tuesday by Charles Akpan, his spokesman, Ngige said he has received information that workers in the power sector want to trigger a nationwide blackout in solidarity with their colleagues in Kaduna state.<\/p>\n<p>The labour minister however,\u00a0appealed for calm and understanding on all sides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is because we have it on good authority, following complaints by the Minster of Power that workers have threatened to trigger a nationwide blackout by interfering or switching off the national grid,\u201d Ngige said.<\/p>\n<p>Ngige, who said the federal government will wade into the matter, urged the workers to give room for dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not unaware of what is going on in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/18\/kaduna-nupeng-threatens-to-halt-services-nationwide-over-attacks-on-nlc\/\">Kaduna state<\/a>. It is a labour issue which has snowballed into a national strike and picketing by the two labour centres and affiliate unions,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope and also urge the Kaduna state governor not to escalate matters to such a level where it becomes uncontrollable. We also appeal to leaders of the labour centres to step down action to make way for discussion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy ministry is wading into the matter and therefore calls on the warring parties to give peace a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also appealed to all workers on essential duties not to join the strike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has begged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to call off the strike in Kaduna. Recall that the NLC embarked on a five-day warning strike on Monday\u00a0to protest the disengagement of 4,000 workers across the state. Meanwhile, the Kaduna government had stated that the decision was taken because the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":17276,"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":[676,8612,8613,7152],"class_list":["post-35321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-chris-ngige","tag-kaduna-strike","tag-national-grid","tag-nigeria-labour-congress"],"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>Kaduna strike: Workers threaten to switch off national grid, says Ngige<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has begged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to call off the strike in Kaduna.\" \/>\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\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kaduna strike: Workers threaten to switch off national grid, says Ngige\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has begged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to call off the strike in Kaduna. Recall that the NLC embarked\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-05-19T04:38:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/04\/CHRIS-NGIGE-640x361-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"361\" \/>\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\\\/05\\\/19\\\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452\"},\"headline\":\"Kaduna strike: Workers threaten to switch off national grid, says Ngige\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-19T04:38:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":288,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/04\\\/CHRIS-NGIGE-640x361-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Chris Ngige\",\"Kaduna strike\",\"National grid\",\"Nigeria Labour Congress\"],\"articleSection\":[\"National\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kaduna strike: Workers threaten to switch off national grid, says Ngige\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/04\\\/CHRIS-NGIGE-640x361-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-19T04:38:18+00:00\",\"description\":\"Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has begged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to call off the strike in Kaduna.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/04\\\/CHRIS-NGIGE-640x361-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/04\\\/CHRIS-NGIGE-640x361-1.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":361,\"caption\":\"Chris Ngige\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kaduna strike: Workers threaten to switch off national grid, says Ngige\"}]},{\"@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":"Kaduna strike: Workers threaten to switch off national grid, says Ngige","description":"Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has begged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to call off the strike in Kaduna.","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\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kaduna strike: Workers threaten to switch off national grid, says Ngige","og_description":"Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has begged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to call off the strike in Kaduna. Recall that the NLC embarked","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/","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":"2021-05-19T04:38:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":361,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/04\/CHRIS-NGIGE-640x361-1.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":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/"},"author":{"name":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452"},"headline":"Kaduna strike: Workers threaten to switch off national grid, says Ngige","datePublished":"2021-05-19T04:38:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/"},"wordCount":288,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/04\/CHRIS-NGIGE-640x361-1.jpg","keywords":["Chris Ngige","Kaduna strike","National grid","Nigeria Labour Congress"],"articleSection":["National"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/","name":"Kaduna strike: Workers threaten to switch off national grid, says Ngige","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/04\/CHRIS-NGIGE-640x361-1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-05-19T04:38:18+00:00","description":"Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has begged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to call off the strike in Kaduna.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/04\/CHRIS-NGIGE-640x361-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/04\/CHRIS-NGIGE-640x361-1.jpg","width":640,"height":361,"caption":"Chris Ngige"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/kaduna-strike-workers-threaten-to-switch-off-national-grid-says-ngige\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kaduna strike: Workers threaten to switch off national grid, says Ngige"}]},{"@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\/35321","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=35321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}