By CrossRiverWatch Admin It was simply a comedy show and not a budget proposal presentation. To see my former VC, now deputy governor of Cross River state and the state House of Assembly members sit to listen to a clown present that crap is the height of absurdity. A budget proposal is an estimate based
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It was Charlena Johnson in her No Cross No Crown that said that: “We shouldn’t be ordinary; we should challenge ourselves and not just think inside the box. We should dare to be different and get out of the box.” Whether or not, Governor Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade of Cross River State read
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Being an address presented by the author at the Cross River State Young and Emerging Leaders Forum held in Calabar on November 29, 2017. The chairman, distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a pleasure to be here with you today and I thank the organizers for inviting me to speak on this
By CrossRiverWatch Admin One reason why services are poorly delivered today in Nigeria is because government is given the responsibility to do everything. Democracy was not really designed to work this way. I read that fire service had no water and or petrol to tackle the fire in Watt market yesterday. Part of it is
By CrossRiverWatch Admin If there was anything that stood former governor Donald Duke and Liyel Imoke out, it was their proactive nature in handling serious state issues, especially when it had to do with the security of lives and properties. Duke was a lovingly proactive governor. You hardly could take him unaware. He obviously knew
By CrossRiverWatch Admin No religion is stronger than giving your weaker brother or sister a shoulder to lean on – Prof. Ben Ayade. “I lost my husband and I had 6 Children, 2 of my children thin thin thin no food, they sick till them die last year na this 4 remain” ! -(a mother’s
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Just recently, the Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade relieved himself of the burden of manning the state’s newly created and obviously signature ministry: ‘The Cross River State Ministry of Tourism’ and subsequently appointed a Nollywood actor, and a former Actors Guild of Nigeria Cross River State chapter chairman and his
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Being the third of a three part series by the son of the late journalist, Ernest Etim-Bassey as part of events leading to the 20th anniversary celebration of his father. Perhaps I am at the end of my sojourn in the state as we head towards the 2019 elections simply because I