{"id":143125,"date":"2022-09-05T08:33:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T05:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/community-of-nigeria-in-northern-cyprus-ncnc-nigerians-are-safer-in-the-trnc-than-in-northern-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2022-09-05T08:33:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T05:33:10","slug":"community-of-nigeria-in-northern-cyprus-ncnc-nigerians-are-safer-in-the-trnc-than-in-northern-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/community-of-nigeria-in-northern-cyprus-ncnc-nigerians-are-safer-in-the-trnc-than-in-northern-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Community of Nigeria in Northern Cyprus (NCNC): \u201cNigerians are safer in the TRNC than in Northern Nigeria\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a press release in the capital Lefko\u015fa, a group from the Nigerian Community (NCNC) in Northern Cyprus emphasized that the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) is a safe country and said, &#8220;Nigerians are safer in the TRNC than in Northern Nigeria.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The group unfurled several banners in both Turkish and English: &#8220;Nigerians are safer in the TRNC than in Northern Nigeria&#8221;, &#8220;Stop misinformation about the TRNC&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NCNC President Isaac Ifetoluwa Ajayi stated that they were gathered as the Nigerian Community in Northern Cyprus to inform their country and officials in their country, and also to have the opportunity to tell their families that they are safe in the TRNC.<\/p>\n<p>Ajayi stated that they believe that NiDCOM President Abike Dabiri-Erewa&#8217;s statements about the TRNC are due to \u201cmisinformation by some students&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>NCNC Lefko\u015fa Coordinator Daniel Oyelaja also said, &#8220;The Nigerian community in Northern Cyprus says &#8216;no&#8217; to misinformation,&#8221; describing the statements of Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission, about the TRNC as &#8220;misinformation&#8221; and &#8220;unnecessary&#8221;. \u201cNorth Cyprus is safer than any part of Africa\u2026We are in safe hands in the TRNC\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll Nigerians living in this country and the TRNC deserve an apology from Abike Dabiri for the concern this misinformation has created among our friends and family,\u201d Oyelaja said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a press release in the capital Lefko\u015fa, a group from the Nigerian Community (NCNC) in<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}