{"id":1213,"date":"2021-12-30T15:10:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T14:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2021\/12\/30\/just-in-fred-latimore-sacked-by-gov-okowa-over-insubordination\/"},"modified":"2021-12-30T15:10:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T14:10:59","slug":"just-in-fred-latimore-sacked-by-gov-okowa-over-insubordination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/12\/30\/just-in-fred-latimore-sacked-by-gov-okowa-over-insubordination\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Fred Latimore Sacked By Gov Okowa Over Insubordination"},"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=\"502\" height=\"285\" data-attachment-id=\"1211\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/12\/30\/just-in-fred-latimore-sacked-by-gov-okowa-over-insubordination\/screenshot_20211230-150805_google\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/screenshot_20211230-150805_google.jpg?fit=502%2C285&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"502,285\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_20211230-150805_Google.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/screenshot_20211230-150805_google.jpg?fit=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/screenshot_20211230-150805_google.jpg?fit=502%2C285&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/screenshot_20211230-150805_google.jpg?resize=502%2C285&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/screenshot_20211230-150805_google.jpg?w=502&amp;ssl=1 502w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/screenshot_20211230-150805_google.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, Governor of Delta Stat<\/strong>e. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Executive Assistant Communication, Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe has been sacked by the Delta State Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sacking of the communications veteran was confirmed in a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Patrick Ukah.<br \/>Persistent insubordination was cited as the reason for the sack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wish to convey to you the displeasure of His Excellency, the Gover nor of Delta State, over your conduct with respect to the performance of your duties wherein there has been manifest recklessness and insubordination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs this trend can no longer be tolerated, I regret to inform you that your service as Executive Assistant, Communication, is no more required and your appointment is hereby terminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAccordingly, I am to request that you take necessary steps to hand over all government properties in your possession to the Permanent Secretary, Directorate of Government House and Protocol forthwith,\u201d&nbsp;the letter read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal News The Executive Assistant Communication, Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe has been sacked by the Delta&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"categories":[15],"tags":[184],"class_list":["post-1213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-gov-okowa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/screenshot_20211230-150805_google-1.jpg?fit=502%2C285&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3400,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/01\/07\/ijaw-publishers-forum-challenges-gov-oborevwori-to-publish-projects-allocated-to-ijaw-communities-in-2025-n979b-budget\/","url_meta":{"origin":1213,"position":0},"title":"Ijaw Publishers Forum Challenges Gov Oborevwori To Publish Projects Allocated To Ijaw Communities In 2025 N979B Budget","author":"Freeborn Abraye","date":"January 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Freeborn Abraye The Ijaw Publishers' Forum, (IPF), the apex Ijaw media council has frowned at the statement by the Delta state governor's aide, Director General on Orientation and Communication, Dr. Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe who stated at Lagos radio programme that the 2025 budget of N979billion contained massive projects for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Opinion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Opinion","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1121,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/12\/04\/gov-okowa-vows-to-ensure-justice-on-sylvester-oromonis-death\/","url_meta":{"origin":1213,"position":1},"title":"Gov Okowa Vows To Ensure Justice On Sylvester Oromoni Jnr&#8217;s Death","author":"Coastal Times","date":"December 4, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Coastal News Late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. 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