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My Observations On Richard Duke’s Reply To Cross River State Scandalous Debt Burden: What Would Senator Prince Otu Do Differently? BY AGBA JALINGO

  Debt Management Strategy:  Senator Prince Otu should develop a comprehensive debt management strategy that focuses on reducing the debt burden over time. This strategy could include measures such as debt restructuring, renegotiating loan terms, and exploring options for refinancing at lower interest rates. It is important to prioritize debt repayment while ensuring the sustainability

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Code 888 To Honor Governor Ben Ayade, 20 Others For Heroic Back-To-South Campaign

By Patrick Obia Code 888, a non-partisan pressure group championing equity, justice, and fairness as well as equitable power rotation across the three senatorial districts in Cross River State, is set to honor the outgoing Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade, and 20 others. The group disclosed this in a press briefing held

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Ayade SA Fault Commissioner’s Promotion To Associate Professor In UNICAL Without Due Process

By Sylvia Akpan  The Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Forest Security, Joseph Obi has faulted the promotion of the Commissioner for Aviation, Jake Otu Enyia as Associate Professor of Law at University of Calabar (UNICAL) without due process. In a letter addressed to Professor Florence Obi, the Vice Chancellor of UNICAL, Joseph alleged

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ActionAid Trains Stakeholders On Social Movements, To Support Their Campaign

By Patrick Obia Social movements, activists, and journalists among others have been urged to collaborate and connect among themselves to fight against injustices and all forms of human rights violations in Nigeria. This was the take-home message from a three-day “Organizing and Mobilizing Training for Selected Social Movements, Human Rights Defenders, and Civil Society Organizations

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Response To Agba Jalingo’s Article On Cross River State Scandalous Debt Burden: What Would Sen. Prince Otu Do Differently? BY RICHARD DUKE

The article by my friend Agba Jalingo raises concerns about Cross River State’s increasing debt burden and questions the strategies that Sen. Bassey Otu, the incoming governor, plans to adopt to address this issue.  Agba highlights key statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics and the Debt Management Office, indicating the growth of both external

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Only Government Vehicles Due For Boarding Should Be Boarded – Ayade Warns

By Sylvia Akpan The Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has warned that only government vehicles that are due for boarding should be boarded. This was contained in a press release signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr. Christian Ita, Esq directing that the right of first refusal should

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How Much Money Are You Worth? BY AGBA JALINGO

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation NDIC has been saying that only two percent of the 70 million bank account holders in Nigeria have up to N500k in their bank deposits and that even the N500k is usually in transit. That translates to only 1.4 million people. That also means, no matter how posh or how

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You Want Money Right? Come With Me … BY AGBA JALINGO

Getting money cannot be disconnected from a skill, a product, a service or value addition. Unless you want to live on alms or charity. Even if it is inherited fortune, someone must have used a skill, sold a product or offered a service or added value, in the past, to earn that which you have

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