{"id":609,"date":"2021-10-04T15:55:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T14:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2021\/10\/04\/breaking-south-south-governors-in-a-closed-door-meeting-in-port-harcourt\/"},"modified":"2021-10-04T15:55:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T14:55:36","slug":"breaking-south-south-governors-in-a-closed-door-meeting-in-port-harcourt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/10\/04\/breaking-south-south-governors-in-a-closed-door-meeting-in-port-harcourt\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: South-South Governors In A Closed Door Meeting In Port Harcourt"},"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=\"317\" data-attachment-id=\"607\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/10\/04\/breaking-south-south-governors-in-a-closed-door-meeting-in-port-harcourt\/screenshot_20211004-154150_wordpress\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211004-154150_wordpress.jpg?fit=1080%2C535&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,535\" 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_20211004-154150_WordPress.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211004-154150_wordpress.jpg?fit=300%2C149&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211004-154150_wordpress.jpg?fit=640%2C317&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211004-154150_wordpress.jpg?resize=640%2C317&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211004-154150_wordpress.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211004-154150_wordpress.jpg?resize=300%2C149&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211004-154150_wordpress.jpg?resize=1024%2C507&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211004-154150_wordpress.jpg?resize=768%2C380&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Governors in the South-South states of Nigeria are currently in a closed door meeting at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting which has in attendance the Chairman of South-South Governors\u2019 Forum, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Udom Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Sen. Duoye Diri Governor of Bayelsa, Godwin Obaseki Governor of Edo State, and the host, Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it is gathered that the Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade was not seen amongst those in attendance in the meeting which has lasted for hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More details later<\/strong>\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal News Governors in the South-South states of Nigeria are currently in a closed door&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":608,"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":[363],"class_list":["post-609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-south-south-governors-in-closed-door-meeting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/screenshot_20211004-154150_wordpress-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C535&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":289,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/09\/08\/just-in-gov-wike-vows-to-shutdown-banks-iocs-others-that-pay-vat-to-firs\/","url_meta":{"origin":609,"position":0},"title":"JUST IN: Gov Wike Vows To Shutdown Banks, IOCs, Others That Pay VAT To FIRS","author":"Coastal Times","date":"September 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Coastal News Governor Wike. 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