{"id":216831,"date":"2026-04-02T12:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=216831"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:49:16","slug":"why-now-the-timing-behind-mercy-johnson-okojies-recent-political-appointment-in-edo-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=216831","title":{"rendered":"Why Now? The timing behind Mercy Johnson Okojie\u2019s recent Political Appointment in Edo State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Politics in Nigeria often moves in cycles of symbolism and strategy, and sometimes both unfold at the same time. When the Governor of Edo State,\u00a0 Monday Okpebholo, approved the appointment of Mercy Johnson Okojie as Special Adviser on Public Engagement and Advocacy on 19 February 2026&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/2026\/02\/20\/why-now-the-timing-behind-mercy-johnson-okojies-recent-political-appointment-in-edo-state\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=why-now-the-timing-behind-mercy-johnson-okojies-recent-political-appointment-in-edo-state\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics in Nigeria often moves in cycles of symbolism and strategy, and sometimes both unfold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/216831-why-now-the-timing-behind-mercy-johnson-okojies-recent-political-appointment-in-edo-state.jpeg",576,324,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/216831-why-now-the-timing-behind-mercy-johnson-okojies-recent-political-appointment-in-edo-state-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/216831-why-now-the-timing-behind-mercy-johnson-okojies-recent-political-appointment-in-edo-state-300x169.jpeg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/216831-why-now-the-timing-behind-mercy-johnson-okojies-recent-political-appointment-in-edo-state.jpeg",576,324,false],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/216831-why-now-the-timing-behind-mercy-johnson-okojies-recent-political-appointment-in-edo-state.jpeg",576,324,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/216831-why-now-the-timing-behind-mercy-johnson-okojies-recent-political-appointment-in-edo-state.jpeg",576,324,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/216831-why-now-the-timing-behind-mercy-johnson-okojies-recent-political-appointment-in-edo-state.jpeg",576,324,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/216831-why-now-the-timing-behind-mercy-johnson-okojies-recent-political-appointment-in-edo-state.jpeg",576,324,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/216831-why-now-the-timing-behind-mercy-johnson-okojies-recent-political-appointment-in-edo-state.jpeg",576,324,false],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/216831-why-now-the-timing-behind-mercy-johnson-okojies-recent-political-appointment-in-edo-state.jpeg",576,324,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=38\" rel=\"category\">Politics<\/a>","tag_info":"Politics","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/216832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}