As it is with Nigerian politicians; and in the realm of governance, it has always been commonplace to promise in poetry and deliver in prose. Promises are often mere rhetoric, lost in the labyrinth of political discourse. However, the recent actions of the Cross River State governor, Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu, mark a radical
Dear Peter Akonfe Undiandeye (Pita Pars)… Tomorrow is Local Government elections in our State. I have monitored nearly everything going on keenly and I do not need to go far to conclude that you are the next Chairman of Obudu LGA. By next week, you will be our Chairman. The reasons for my conclusion are
This December, the people who own the biggest mansions in our home towns and drive the most expensive cars with security convoys, will be returning back to multi billion Naira country homes they inhabit once in a year. Yes, they own the biggest mansions. They are the only ones that can burst big bundles now.
The Orthodox way of responding to signs of ill health is to first go and take a laboratory test of what the issue is. Secondly, you go to a health facility and the first person you see there is the nurse. The nurse takes your information and your vitals and prepares you to see the
Every election cycle, Nigerians go to the polls to vote for: President. Vice President. 109 Senators. 360 House of Reps members. 36 Governors. (36 Deputy Governors) 940 State Houses of Assembly members. 774 LGA Chairmen. (774 Vice Chairmen) 8,806 Ward Councilors. But since after the 1999 elections, it is the courts that have been selecting
In 51 days from today we will be in December. We all know what happens in December. Most people want to go home to their villages and hometowns. It’s the holiday season. But if you are planning to go to the village, kindly take note of the following: So if you ask me, unless you
Cross River is a State blessed with a panoply of uniqueness. It is a place that has several climate zones with extraordinary biodiversity that can’t be matched by any State in Nigeria and across the West African sub-region, and its greatest asset has been the good people of Cross River State spread across a network
There is a reason why we must not keep quiet. Most of us are very comfortable when people call out politicians who mismanage our public finances and tax the poor to share amongst themselves. You must be blind in Nigeria today not to have noticed that, there is a cartel of crooks across all strata