{"id":62760,"date":"2025-03-14T10:48:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T10:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62760"},"modified":"2025-03-14T10:48:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T10:48:35","slug":"caution-wike-over-minority-remark-inc-urges-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/14\/caution-wike-over-minority-remark-inc-urges-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Caution Wike Over \u2018Minority\u2019 Remark, INC Urges Tinubu\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ijaw National Congress (INC), has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene after Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike allegedly described the Ijaw people as a \u201cminority of minorities\u201d in Rivers State and other South-South states, excluding Bayelsa.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued Friday in Abuja, INC\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Chief Ezonebi Oyakemeagbegha, condemned Wike\u2019s remarks, warning that they could disrupt regional harmony.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the minister to focus on his official duties rather than making divisive comments.<\/p>\n<p>The INC reaffirmed that the Ijaw are one of Nigeria\u2019s largest ethnic groups, with over 40 million people, and hold significant historical and political influence.<\/p>\n<p>It emphasized that the Ijaw dominate eight local government areas in Rivers State and are not a minority in Delta State.<\/p>\n<p>While advocating for peace and unity, the INC insisted on fairness and equity in the Niger Delta, urging restraint from actions that could inflame ethnic tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Ijaw National Congress (INC), has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene after Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike allegedly described the Ijaw people as a \u201cminority of minorities\u201d in Rivers State and other South-South states, excluding Bayelsa. In a statement issued Friday in Abuja, INC\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Chief Ezonebi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62762,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62760\/revisions\/62762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}