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
The 260km super highway project popularly called “signature project’’ is one of the infrastructural development initiatives of the Governor of Cross River State, Senator (Prof.) Ben Ayade. In his inaugural speech as Governor of the state, on the 29th of May, 2015, with the entire world as his witness, he announced the conceptualization of two
The National Economic Council, NEC is a body established under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) ; and entrusted with the power of advising the President concerning the economic affairs of the Federation, and in particular on measures necessary for the coordination of the economic planning efforts or economic programmes
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