The governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa has sacked Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe his Executive Assistant on Communications.
The governor made this known in a letter signed by his Secretary of State, Patrick Ukah, and dated the 29th of December. Okowa revealed his reason for firing Oghenesivbe to be “manifest recklessness and insubordination.”
“I write to convey to you the displeasure of his excellency, the governor of Delta state over your conduct with respect to the performance of your duties wherein there has been manifest, recklessness and insubordination. As this trend can never be tolerated, I regret to inform you that your service as Executive Assistance, Communication, is no longer required and your appointment is hereby terminated,” the official statement read in part.
Latimore Oghenesivbe’s sacking comes days after he criticized and castigated Okowa’s style of governance in an interview with a national radio station in Lagos State.
The former aide said that Okowa was letting himself be negatively influenced by “some greedy tribal bigots,” and as such, he (Oghenesivbe) was being denied certain benefits enjoyed by his colleagues just because he is not from the Ika region of the state, which he alleged the governor tends to favor more.
Latimore Oghenesivbe, in the interview, sang his own praises, saying that it is because of his efforts in executing his role as Communications aide to perfection that the governor has not received much criticism from opposition forces for the most part of his tenure which began in 2017. He further narrated how he had to turn down President Buhari’s job offer to him to serve as the Board Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), Zaria just so he could instead work for Okowa’s administration.
Oghenesivbe bemoaned the governor’s unwillingness to make available to him the same benefits enjoyed by his colleagues despite his sacrifice of obliging him by ignoring the president’s job offer.
“As an active Eacgov and senior government official, I have no official car, no Secretary and no media assistants attached to my office, no driver. And no provision in my package to employ a personal assistant, and I have to do everything all by myself but my other colleagues enjoy all of these facilities,” Oghenesivbe lamented.
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Latimore Oghenesivbe also complained of neglected road construction projects in his district Kokori while similar projects in other parts of the state have received funding and are already being executed.
He further criticized the governor saying “…What is good for the goose is also good for the gander. A good governor should necessarily be the governor for all Deltans in word and in action. I have no doubts in my mind that Governor Okowa will finish strong, but in finishing strong he would need to do adequate justice, and apply good conscience to all concerned.”
Despite his heavy criticism of Okowa’s administration, Oghenesivbe said he had no plans to resign from the government. However, it would seem as though the governor did not take likely his words hence his subsequent sack.
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