{"id":364621,"date":"2011-04-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/03\/okogie-to-nigerians-don%e2%80%99t-be-disappaointed\/"},"modified":"2011-04-03T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T23:00:00","slug":"okogie-to-nigerians-dont-be-disappaointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/okogie-to-nigerians-dont-be-disappaointed\/","title":{"rendered":"Okogie to Nigerians: don\u2019t be disappaointed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"59\">\n<p><span><span>The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has called on Nigerians not to be disappointed with the electoral process following the postponement of the National Assembly elections.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, he called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, not to jeopardise the credibility and trust he has earned over time from Nigerians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lamenting the colossal waste of time, resources and goodwill the postponement amounts to, Okogie urged Nigerians not to give up so soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He said: &#8220;We have laid our hands on the plough to define a new Nigeria, we cannot look back now. Nothing good comes without some sacrifice. If this is the sacrifice needed from Nigerians to get it right and make history this time, we all must be ready to offer it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Okogie praised Jega for taking responsibility for the inadequacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He urged religious bodies, trade unions and social groups to encourage their followers and members to go out en-masse to vote on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/706fcef6thumbnail.php_1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thenationonlineng.net\/web3\/news\/32728.html\" title=\"Okogie to Nigerians: don\u2019t be disappaointed\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Okogie to Nigerians: don\u2019t be disappaointed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has called on Nigerians not to be disappointed with the electoral process following the postponement of the National Assembly elections. In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, he called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, not to jeopardise the credibility and trust he has earned over time from Nigerians<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Okogie to Nigerians: don\u2019t be disappaointed - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/okogie-to-nigerians-dont-be-disappaointed\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Okogie to Nigerians: don\u2019t be disappaointed - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has called on Nigerians not to be disappointed with the electoral process following the postponement of the National Assembly elections. 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