{"id":3524,"date":"2012-11-22T12:44:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T12:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=3524"},"modified":"2012-11-22T12:44:38","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T12:44:38","slug":"as-former-vice-president-extols-imo-govs-bold-steps-on-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=3524","title":{"rendered":"\u2026.. As FORMER VICE PRESIDENT EXTOLS IMO GOV\u2019S BOLD STEPS ON EDUCATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/atiku.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3525\" title=\"atiku\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/atiku.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/atiku.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/atiku-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has<br \/>\nextolled Governor Okorocha\u2019s free and compulsory education initiatives<br \/>\nin the state.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Atiku who was in the state for special function at Okigwe<br \/>\nFederal Government College, called on the state governor at Government<br \/>\nHouse Owerri, said he shares same dream of making education free and<br \/>\ncompulsory, especially for the less privileged in our society.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Imo is wearing a new look, commended Governor Okorocha<br \/>\nfor his bold steps towards transforming the state, urged him to extend<br \/>\nthe gesture to areas like health, agriculture, industries, among<br \/>\nothers to enshrine his name in the sands of time.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Atiku said he believes in the future and equal opportunity to<br \/>\nthe youths of the nation, for a better tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku urged Imo people to give their support to the present<br \/>\nadministration, noting his confidence that Governor Okorocha will take<br \/>\nthe state to a greater height.<\/p>\n<p>He was of the opinion that additional state be given to those who are<br \/>\nwilling to follow the constitutional provision, process and producers<br \/>\nsince creation of state is a constitutional matter, added that the six<br \/>\ngeo-political zones of the federation be restructured.<\/p>\n<p>In his response, the state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha thanked<br \/>\nthe former Vice President for his commendation and goodwill, added<br \/>\nthat the state will always look forward for his official visit.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Okorocha used the occasion to highlight on the on-going<br \/>\ndevelopmental projects in the state, pointing out that the state<br \/>\ngovernment is contributing its quota towards the development of the<br \/>\nstate and nation at large.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has extolled Governor Okorocha\u2019s free and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-xtra"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","elegant-magazine-featured":"","elegant-magazine-medium":"","elegant-magazine-medium-small":"","elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":""},"author_info":{"info":["Imo Trumpeta"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">News Extra<\/a>","tag_info":"News Extra","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3526,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524\/revisions\/3526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}