{"id":21545,"date":"2026-04-20T05:20:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T05:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=21545"},"modified":"2026-04-20T05:20:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T05:20:47","slug":"okunbadejo-distances-self-from-ogun-deputy-governor-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/okunbadejo-distances-self-from-ogun-deputy-governor-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Okunbadejo Distances Self from Ogun Deputy Governor Rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My attention has been drawn to misleading reports circulating on social media suggesting that I, Dapo Okunbadejo, am being considered for the position of Deputy Governor of Ogun State.<\/p>\n<p>I wish to state unequivocally that these claims are entirely false. At no time have I held discussions, engaged in consultations, or indicated interest\u2014publicly or privately\u2014in such a position.<\/p>\n<p>My focus remains firmly on my current responsibilities as Chief Economic Adviser and Honourable Commissioner of Finance, where I am fully committed to supporting the ongoing fiscal and economic reforms of the Ogun State Government.<\/p>\n<p>I urge the public and media to disregard these unfounded insinuations and rely only on verified information from credible sources.<\/p>\n<p>Dapo Okunbadejo<br \/>\nChief Economic Adviser \/ Honourable Commissioner of Finance, Ogun State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My attention has been drawn to misleading reports circulating on social media suggesting that I, Dapo Okunbadejo, am being considered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21545","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=21545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21546,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21545\/revisions\/21546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}