{"id":5526,"date":"2017-12-30T00:09:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T07:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=5526"},"modified":"2017-12-30T21:07:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T04:07:09","slug":"buhari-appoints-dead-man-board-chairman-nigerian-press-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/buhari-appoints-dead-man-board-chairman-nigerian-press-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari Appoints Dead Man As Board Chairman Of Nigerian Press Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-header-inner\">\n<div class=\"post-header-title\">\n<h1 class=\"single-post-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5527 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Senator-Francis-Okpozo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Senator-Francis-Okpozo.jpg 360w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Senator-Francis-Okpozo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Senator-Francis-Okpozo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Senator-Francis-Okpozo-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/h1>\n<p>Late Senator Francis Okpozo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-share single-post-share top-share clearfix style-1\">\n<div class=\"share-handler-wrap bs-pretty-tabs bs-pretty-tabs-initialized\">Dec 30, 2017:\u00a0 A former member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Congress, late Senator Francis Okpozo, was on Friday named among the 1,467 chairmen and members of the Federal Government Boards approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<p>The announcement of the chairmanship and membership of the Boards was made by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Francis Okpozodied on December 26, 2016, with Buhari issuing a statement of commiseration on December 27, 2016 to mourn his death. Okpozo was, however, on Friday named to the Board Chairman of the Nigerian Press Council.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2016,\u00a0Buhari mourned the death of Sen. Francis Okpozo and expressed his condolences to the government and people of Delta State on the death of Chief Francis Okpozo.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0statement was released by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, through which President Buhari commiserated with \u201cthe family and friends of the late senator.<\/p>\n<p>Until his death, Late Okpozo was a Second Republic senator and member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>Okpozo was, however, on Friday named to the Board of the Nigerian Press Council.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late Senator Francis Okpozo Dec 30, 2017:\u00a0 A former member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Congress, late Senator Francis Okpozo, was on Friday named among the 1,467 chairmen and members of the Federal Government Boards approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. 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