{"id":571,"date":"2023-02-17T12:28:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T12:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=571"},"modified":"2023-02-17T12:35:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T12:35:18","slug":"no-need-for-violence-in-lagos-say-sanwo-olu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2023\/02\/17\/no-need-for-violence-in-lagos-say-sanwo-olu\/","title":{"rendered":"No Need For Violence In Lagos, Says Sanwo-Olu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Lagos State Government has noted with deep concern the protests in some parts of the state this morning. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The protesters are said to be angry over the Naira redesign and its consequent scarcity that has caused so much hardship and confusion among our people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu believes there is no need for violence as the Supreme Court is looking into this controversial matter and will make its position known on February 22. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lagos State has since joined the legal dispute- all in the interest of our people &#8211; in the belief that the highest court in the land has the capacity to adjudicate on the matter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The fuel situation is easing following some steps taken by the government. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The government praises Lagosians for showing understanding, despite the pains that the Federal Government\u2019s measures have brought. Residents should continue to be law-abiding by shunning any form of incitement by mischief makers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"> Mr. Governor is working with his colleagues to ensure that this hardship does not go on. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Government has noted with deep concern the protests in some parts of the state this morning. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571","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=571"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":573,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions\/573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}