{"id":1478,"date":"2022-02-08T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2022\/02\/08\/birth-anniversary-iyc-gbaramatu-structure-celebrates-niger-delta-philantropist-mathew-tonlagha-calls-him-a-blessing-to-niger-delta-humanity\/"},"modified":"2022-02-08T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:45:00","slug":"birth-anniversary-iyc-gbaramatu-structure-celebrates-niger-delta-philantropist-mathew-tonlagha-calls-him-a-blessing-to-niger-delta-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/02\/08\/birth-anniversary-iyc-gbaramatu-structure-celebrates-niger-delta-philantropist-mathew-tonlagha-calls-him-a-blessing-to-niger-delta-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"BIRTH ANNIVERSARY: IYC Gbaramatu Structure Celebrates Niger Delta Philantropist, Mathew Tonlagha, Calls Him A Man With Heart Of Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Coastal News <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"380\" data-attachment-id=\"1476\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/02\/08\/birth-anniversary-iyc-gbaramatu-structure-celebrates-niger-delta-philantropist-mathew-tonlagha-calls-him-a-blessing-to-niger-delta-humanity\/screenshot_20220208-154044_fotogrid\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/screenshot_20220208-154044_fotogrid.jpg?fit=1023%2C607&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1023,607\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_20220208-154044_Foto Grid.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/screenshot_20220208-154044_fotogrid.jpg?fit=640%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/screenshot_20220208-154044_fotogrid.jpg?resize=640%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/screenshot_20220208-154044_fotogrid.jpg?w=1023&amp;ssl=1 1023w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/screenshot_20220208-154044_fotogrid.jpg?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/screenshot_20220208-154044_fotogrid.jpg?resize=768%2C456&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Foremost Youth Body in Gbaramatu Kingdom, the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC Gbaramatu Structure. Has celebrated a Niger Delta Philanthropist and Business Tycoon. <strong>Engr. Mathew Tonlagha, the Executive Director of FENOG Nigeria Ltd<\/strong>, on his birth Anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Youth Body sent their felicitations in a statement signed by her Chairman, <strong>Distinguished Comrade Wilson Peter Uduboh.<\/strong> Who described the Gbaramatu born Global Icon, as a blessing to the people of Gbaramatu, Niger Delta and the World at large. Highlighting that his magnanimous act of kindness to the People of the Kingdom and beyond, is one that cannot be overemphasised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IYC went further by revealing that <strong>Engr. Tonlagha <\/strong>has over the years, impacted the lives of Niger Deltans in both Capacity Building, Youths and Women Empowerment. By consistently creating a mince of livelihood for them. Therefore, thanks the Ijaw Icon for his show of love and support for humanity. And prayed that the good Lord continue to shower on him the needed enablement to do more for his generation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal News A Foremost Youth Body in Gbaramatu Kingdom, the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC Gbaramatu&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[62,82,206,265],"class_list":["post-1478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-birth-anniversary-iyc-gbaramatu-structure-celebrates-niger-delta-philantropist","tag-calls-him-a-blessing-to-niger-delta","tag-humanity","tag-mathew-tonlagha"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/screenshot_20220208-154044_fotogrid-1.jpg?fit=1023%2C607&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1475,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/02\/08\/iyc-gbaramatu-structure-salutes-george-ekpemupolo-on-birth-anniversary-describes-him-as-a-rare-breed-of-leaders\/","url_meta":{"origin":1478,"position":0},"title":"IYC Gbaramatu Structure Salutes George Ekpemupolo On Birth Anniversary, Describes Him As A Rare Breed Of Leaders","author":"Coastal Times","date":"February 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Coastal News The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC Gbaramatu Structure, has Felicitated with the Former Chairman Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State and a proud Son of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Hon. 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