Nigeria!!! A Land filled with milk and honey That flows to a ‘gully’ Many toiled, many spoiled For that milk and honey… Today that ‘gully’s’ got hands, Got legs, Got senses, It breeds greed and stagnates… Cries for help Cries to help All neglected The journey’s been nothing but thorny… Power is now defiant In
In this article similar to the previous ones, I do not intend to pretend that my principal and Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade, like any other human being is without faults or shortcomings. Embarking on such course and fallacious position is to put him in the realm of a God, and gods.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It is no news that Senator John Owan-Enoh is declaring for the Governorship position in Cross River State today, Wednesday, 5th September, 2018 at Ikom local government area under the APC. I have nothing personal against the Senator Owan’s aspiration or person but politically his declaration for the Governorship position is flawed.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin I have been around our dear mother-earth and indeed, our beloved Cross River State for some time now as an adult of 18 years and above when I became qualified to vote and be voted for, and have been around as an adolescent with the knowledge to see and know certain things.
Cross River State like every other state in Nigeria is divided into three senatorial districts namely, the Southern, Central and Northern senatorial districts. In APC, party positions have always been shared among the three senatorial districts. The current zoning structure of the party in the state favors the central to produce the state chairman, while
Since 1999, in every state there is this group of persons called the political class, they run the state, share state budget and contracts among themselves, rotate political offices and appointments among themselves, to an extent their children marry one another. Power usually rotates within that group, from fathers to sons and daughters. When they
Goddy Jedy-Agba, OFR, is an author, bureaucrat, a politician, a philanthropist, and a farmer. Goddy Jedy-Agba was born on August 20, 1958 in Obudu, Cross River State. He obtained his first Degree in International Studies from Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru, Zaria in 1983. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Law and Diplomacy from the
The good people of Obudu lost the member representing the Obudu State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Stephen Ukpukpen, to the cold hands of death in the second quarter of 2018. Stephen Ukpukpen was laid to rest on Saturday, July 28th 2017 in his village, Bedia in Obudu Local