When in his Inaugural Speech Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Nigeria promised “We shall bring new vistas of hope by expanding the means of production, increasing access to capital and catalyzing our value chain” many critics dismissed this as mere rhetoric and were quick to say “we have heard all of these before”.
In the absence of infrastructure, Cross River State biggest problem today is job creation for our teeming youth population. While most political faithfuls have been awarded positions in government as a means of the current administrations bid to build up governance capacity in lieu of job creation or political settlements, this gesture may have helped
It is said that war does not know who is right or wrong, but who is left – at the end of the day. So, to my chagrin, I watch and listen to the purported feud between Governor Ben Ayade and his kinsman, Barrister Venatius Ikem, both from Obudu, Cross River State. While the Governor
An obvious truth about life is that there are two most important days in a man’s existence. The day he was born into this other side of eternity, which is his birthday and the day he shuffles off this mortal coil to the world beyond. In spite of the pleasures and vicissitudes that life throws
The entire Bedia was thrown into mourning upon the announcement of mama Monica Agba’s glorious exit on Friday, February 12,2016 in the nation’s capital, Abuja. The surviving senior mother of Major Agba’s family answered her Lord’s call at the golden age of 75, after a brief illness. To the Catholic church Bedia, Obudu, where she
Let me start by congratulating the board and management of HIT (95.9) FM on the launch of the radio station in Calabar yesterday. I saw the Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon John Gaul Lebo, member representing Ogoja state constituency, Hon Peter Odey, former Commissioner for Information, Hon. Patrick Ugbe, multiple
INTRODUCTION Recently, the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly and Member representing Abi State Constituency Hon. John Gaul Lebo communicated his plans to unveil the Abi State Constituency Development Strategy. He said that as part of the strategy, 3 strategic areas will the subject of focus. 1) Educational Discovery Initiatives and Scholarship.
As part of the then Eastern Nigeria, South-Eastern state was created in May, 1967 and renamed Cross River State in 1976 while the current Cross River State was reconfigured in 1987 when Akwa Ibom State was carved out of the former South Eastern State structure. With a population of about 3 million persons (2,892,988 from