“Our laws prohibit cutting even a single tree. I am now in the process of drafting a new law that will prohibit the use of wood for roofing. All roofing materials must be made of steel. When that happens the demand for timber will reduce”. -Governor Ayade Even though I support the use of synthetic
When the Ministry of Environment issued a stop work order on the construction of the Calabar – Ogoja superhighway conceived by Governor Ben Ayade and commenced after a ground-breaking ceremony by Mr. President some months ago, many celebrated it because in their minds, it is a fulfilment of their asinine predictions that the highway will
Big dreams that emanates from a clear mind and heart, followed up with a lucid direction on how to go about the actualization of such dreams will always lead to huge manifestation of mind bulging infrastructural development which stunted minds can hardly fathom to be possible in this realm of existence among mortal men. The
The third treatise in our series on potentials of the creative industry for creating jobs and contributing to the development of our economy is focused on visual art industry. Earlier, we had taken a look at the film industry and the music industry. This promises to be as enlightening as the first and the second.
“In recognizing the challenges that we as a country face, and of course, with the meltdown in the global economy, it is evident that only states that globalize their economy can move forward.” These were the words of the Executive Governor of Cross River State, Nigeria, Sen. Prof Benedict Ayade while briefing newsmen at the
In Acts 19: 6, we are told that, ‘’During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us’.’’ The same situation seems to be playing out in Cross River State in the present. The Government of Senator Ben Ayade is presently faced
Tuesday, March 30, 2016 is a day Cross Riverians especially residents of Calabar, the capital city of Cross River State will not forget in a hurry as the long awaited diaspora governor of the state, Senator Ben Ayade visited the state. In fact, the city was agog for the triumphant entry of the governor who
Over the past few days, there has been a vigorous, deliberate and calculated campaign by certain elements who are bent on trivialising a very serious issue bordering on gross misconduct, abuse of office, sexual harassment of female students and criminal allegation of rape against the erstwhile Dean of the Law Faculty, UNICAL, Prof Cyril Osim