{"id":77273,"date":"2025-10-23T20:50:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=77273"},"modified":"2025-10-23T20:50:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:50:06","slug":"tinubu-applauds-nigerian-leaders-gecf-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/23\/tinubu-applauds-nigerian-leaders-gecf-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Applauds Nigerian Leaders\u2019 GECF Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Timipre Sylva Ekpo and Damilola Oluwabiyi Mshelbila on their appointments as President and Secretary-General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), calling it a proud moment for Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Tinubu highlighted Nigeria\u2019s strategic role in global energy and urged the appointees to lead with integrity, ensure gas supply stability, and promote efficient resource management among member countries.<\/p>\n<p>The GECF, often called the \u201cGas OPEC,\u201d unites major gas-exporting nations. With Ekpo and Mshelbila in key leadership roles, Nigeria is positioned to strengthen its influence on international gas policies and global energy transition efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat &nbsp; President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Timipre Sylva Ekpo and Damilola Oluwabiyi Mshelbila on their appointments as President and Secretary-General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), calling it a proud moment for Nigeria. In a statement, Tinubu highlighted Nigeria\u2019s strategic role in global energy and urged the appointees to lead with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":77274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77273","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\/77273","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=77273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77275,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77273\/revisions\/77275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}