Now this is where our own “change” has begun! I have just noticed that the governor – elect for Cross River State has decided that there is no need for a transition committee. Or rather maybe Governor Imoke has so decided. This is most interesting because a transition committee usually serves as a bulwark between
A cleric once said that “If elections were to be held every year, Cross River state and Nigeria at large would have developed at a faster pace and the people enjoying the dividends of democracy”. This statement echoed in my mind recently when I saw a sticker on a vehicle bearing the logo of a
Law is the unseen chord that holds human society together, ensuring sanity and orderly behavior. Without an effective and proper administration of justice in society people are constrained to resort to violent self help and anarchy is inevitable; society eventually degenerates to the Stone Age days of Thomas Hobbes where life is brutish, nasty and
Re: Our Stake In Bakassi My very dear ex-Governor Duke, It has taken me a long time and a number of sleepless nights to finally decide I should communicate with you and hope you would share with us what you know about what happened in Bakassi. I hope you do not mind the timing, and
A strong, vibrant and robust democracy anywhere in the world is a product of so many factors including a virile system of checks and balances among the three arms of government, an electoral system that pays zero tolerance to elections malpractices/violence, but gives premium to free, fair and credible elections, thereby recognizing and sustaining the
There are a lot of questions that need answers, a lot of errors and omissions. Although this generation was born to a certain number of virtues, we seek to know why the vices are more. The generation seeks to know why the famous city of Canaan which is supposed to flow with milk and honey
Albert Estein said “evil men will rule the world if the few good ones continue to remain silent”. This statement of fact without equivocation is apt in the description of the bizarre and sham election conducted last Saturday, March 28, 2015 in Cross River State and supervised by Dr. Okey Ezeani, the Resident Electoral commissioner
It is not in doubt that a majority of politicians in Cross River State belong to the erstwhile ruling political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The party in Cross River understandably won the just concluded National Elections though with an unusual challenge. It also hopes to win the governorship election coming up on the