We have entered a new year 2016 which happens to be an election year in Cross River State as we expect the present Local Government Administration to come to an end and prepare to elect a new set of leaders at that level. I will like to use this platform to reach out to an
When not surprisingly the Buhari led coalition of the change mantra APC swept out the PDP federal Government and most of the states in the country, it became obvious that some states like Cross River state that succeeded in keeping an all PDP victory through a very stiffly contested and controversial delegate elections and the
Over the past few days, I have been inundated with media reports on the gesture of love, goodwill and generosity extended to constituents by their able representatives of the lower and upper chambers of the National Assembly, especially in the spirit of the yuletide season. In fact, further findings reveal that such gestures have become
On Sunday, 6th December, 2015 I woke up to check some updates on facebook as I usually do on a daily basis. As the notification page popped up, my eyes were opened to the saddest and soberest realization of that fateful day. My very good friend and brother, Barr Max Ogar had posted a message
INTRODUCTION Climate change is defined as a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is, in addition to natural climate variability, observed over comparable time periods (United Nations, 1992; IPCC, 2007). Threat of global climate change is one of the
John Dewey, an influential American psychologist in the 19th Century said Democracy begins in conversation. In other words talking together is a radical act. Democracy is participation and deliberation. It is about people learning to think together, talk about issues and take action. It is a process of constant conversation amongst stakeholders on matters affecting
Simply unfathomable but that is life… It is flighty and a mist! I never knew Barrister Matthew Ojua was ill at all. It was only about Wednesday last week that Ambassador Akpang Obi Odu told me when he visited me in my office that Barrister Ojua was gravely ill in a hospital in South Africa.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Bakassi Deep Sea Port is one of two signature projects of the Sen. Prof. Ben. Ayade’s administration, the other being the 260 km Bakassi Katsina-ala super highway which will serve as the evacuation corridor for the sea port. The Bakkassi Deep Sea Port is planned to be located at the shore of