{"id":68463,"date":"2025-06-18T15:43:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T15:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68463"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T15:43:05","slug":"ododo-celebrates-yahaya-bello-at-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/18\/ododo-celebrates-yahaya-bello-at-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Ododo Celebrates Yahaya Bello at 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has congratulated his predecessor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on his 50th birthday, describing him as a visionary leader who transformed governance in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Ododo hailed Bello\u2019s rise in 2016 as Nigeria\u2019s youngest governor as a bold example of youth empowerment and leadership renewal.<\/p>\n<p>He said Bello created opportunities for young people and women across Kogi, breaking political barriers and promoting inclusive governance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a product of his leadership philosophy, I stand as a testament to his vision of empowering new generations,\u201d Ododo said.<\/p>\n<p>He praised Bello\u2019s achievements in education, civil service reform, security, and infrastructure, noting the establishment of two universities, increased education funding, and major support for security agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Ododo also highlighted Bello\u2019s commitment to women\u2019s inclusion through a 35% affirmative action policy, calling it a model for other states.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded with prayers for continued divine guidance for the former governor in his future pursuits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David &nbsp; Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has congratulated his predecessor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on his 50th birthday, describing him as a visionary leader who transformed governance in the state. Ododo hailed Bello\u2019s rise in 2016 as Nigeria\u2019s youngest governor as a bold example of youth empowerment and leadership renewal. He said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":68464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68463","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68465,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68463\/revisions\/68465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}