{"id":16424,"date":"2024-02-13T09:35:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T09:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=16424"},"modified":"2024-02-13T09:39:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T09:39:29","slug":"alex-iwobi-receives-immense-boost-from-the-state-following-cyber-bullying-after-afcon-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=16424","title":{"rendered":"Alex Iwobi receives immense boost from the state following cyber bullying after Afcon loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Honourable Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh recently had a discussion with Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi following cyber bullies against the Fulham star<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI had to take myself off social media\u201d<br><br>Nigeria\u2019s sports minister, John Eno reassures Alex Iwobi of Nigerians\u2019 support. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ug7gUCvXZq\">pic.twitter.com\/Ug7gUCvXZq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; @\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf7\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude06 (@OneJoblessBoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OneJoblessBoy\/status\/1757319855605260770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was disclosed in a statement signed by Enoh\u2019s media aide, Diana-Mary Tiku Nsan on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enoh, who led the Super Eagles of Nigeria back home after the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final against Ivory Coast, told Iwobi: \u201cI am aware of what is happening on social media and as a ministry, this is not the first time we are going to make a statement against bullying, not just you but our sportsmen and women in general who are exposed to bullying due to the outcome of competitions.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/inbound5866916701191884826.webp\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"16428\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/inbound5866916701191884826.webp\" data-link=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=16428\" class=\"wp-image-16428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/inbound5866916701191884826.webp 1024w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/inbound5866916701191884826-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/inbound5866916701191884826-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/inbound5866916701191884826-768x768.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are concerned about how our sportsmen and women are treated.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final AFCON 2023 has seen Iwobi experience a routine of unpleasant remarks hurled at him.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iwobi confirmed leaving social media after the final game.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>For me, I have taken myself out of social media after yesterday\u2019s game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enoh, however, encouraged the former Arsenal star saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><em>\u201cYou did your best for your country and I am proud of you. The leadership and the rest of the country is proud of you<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Honourable Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh recently had a discussion with Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi following cyber bullies against the Fulham star \u201cI had to take myself off social media\u201dNigeria\u2019s sports minister, John Eno reassures Alex Iwobi of Nigerians\u2019 support. pic.twitter.com\/Ug7gUCvXZq&mdash; @\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf7\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude06 (@OneJoblessBoy) February 13, 2024 This was disclosed in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":16427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16424"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16430,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16424\/revisions\/16430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}