{"id":46453,"date":"2024-08-10T21:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/protest-plateau-govt-further-relaxes-curfew\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T21:00:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T21:00:41","slug":"protest-plateau-govt-further-relaxes-curfew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/protest-plateau-govt-further-relaxes-curfew\/","title":{"rendered":"Protest: Plateau Govt further relaxes curfew"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Plateau State Government has further relaxed the 24-hour curfew earlier imposed on Jos-Bukuru metropolis following violent protests in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Gyang Bere, the Director of Press and Public Affairs to Gov. Caleb Mutfwang, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Jos.<\/p>\n<p>Bere said Gov. Caleb Mutfwang, who ordered further relaxation of the curfew, said there would now be free movement between 9 am and 7 pm, effective Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reported that the government on Sunday imposed a curfew following the looting of public and private assets by some hoodlums in Jos North Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The miscreants hijacked the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest to perpetrate the criminal acts.<\/p>\n<p>Bere said that the decision followed an advisory by security agencies on the now calm situation in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of the improved security situation in the Jos-Bukuru metropolis, the Plateau Government has further relaxed the curfew, effective Sunday, Aug. 11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResidents are now permitted to move freely for their lawful activities between 9 am and 7 pm daily until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGov. Caleb Mutfwang, in consultation with security agencies, has authorised this relaxation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe adjustment is to allow law-abiding citizens to continue with their economic activities while maintaining public order,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bere said that the governor, who thanked all the security agencies for effectively enforcing the curfew, said that the government would continue to review it as the security situation improved.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the governor also urged residents within the Jos-Bukuru metropolis to cooperate with security personnel and report any suspicious activity for prompt action.<\/p>\n<p>Protest: Plateau Govt further relaxes curfew<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Plateau State Government has further relaxed the 24-hour curfew earlier imposed on Jos-Bukuru metropolis following violent protests in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1732,6138,761],"tags":[21593,17969,512,764,180,316,600,22942,762],"class_list":["post-46453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-plateau","category-protest","category-top-headlines","tag-curfew","tag-further","tag-govt","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-plateau","tag-protest","tag-relaxes","tag-top"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}