{"id":19480,"date":"2026-01-01T12:44:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T12:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=19480"},"modified":"2026-01-01T12:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T12:44:14","slug":"the-start-of-a-new-year-is-a-moment-of-renewal-reflection-and-celebration-toke-benson-awoyinka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/01\/the-start-of-a-new-year-is-a-moment-of-renewal-reflection-and-celebration-toke-benson-awoyinka\/","title":{"rendered":"The start of a new year is a moment of renewal, reflection, and celebration &#8211; Toke Benson-Awoyinka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are deeply grateful for the achievements recorded in the tourism, entertainment, and hospitality sectors over the past year. These milestones are not personal accomplishments, but a testament to the creativity, resilience, and collective efforts of all stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>As we step into 2026, let us continue to spread joy, hope, and optimism, while working together to build a more vibrant and globally admired Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing everyone a beautiful, prosperous, and fulfilling New Year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Toke Benson-Awoyinka<br \/>\nHonourable Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture<br \/>\nLagos State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are deeply grateful for the achievements recorded in the tourism, entertainment, and hospitality sectors over the past year. These<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainments-and-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19482,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19480\/revisions\/19482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}