Try and have a conversation about development, (not politics), with some of those people you call capacity leaders and notice somethings. The first challenge is that the followers themselves don’t even have a full grasp of what development entails. So even the people, who are mostly timid and sycophantic, can hardly have the courage or
This is just a note of warning so you don’t get heartbroken by the turn of the year. It’s one day until Christmas, and for many families across Nigeria, what used to be a season of joyful sharing has become a season of begging, queuing for palliatives, and deaths. This new reality is assuming a
According to CEIC data, primarily generated by the World Bank, Nigeria’s electricity production reached 8,415 GWh in September 2023. The data reached an all-time high of 9,936 GWh in September 2015, and a record low of 3,247 GWh in June 2009. Nigeria has a population of 223.8 million human beings. So Nigeria is sharing 8,400GWh
By Godwin Otang The Cross River State Chapter of the Inclusive Forum for Accountable Society (IFAS) has held its annual and last quarter review meeting in Calabar the Cross River State capital, sues for good governance. Supported by Action Aid Nigeria, IFAS is a nonprofit making group that seeks to increase government effectiveness, accountability, and
By Godwin Otang A Non-Governmental Organization, The Cross River Movement (TCRM), and media experts in the media space have sued for good governance and the protection of Nigerian journalists. The call was made at the TCRM monthly interactive Twitter space stakeholder engagement, held on Sunday, October 8, 2023, tagged ‘the role of media in good
I personally think that moving forward, it should be clear to those going into office from 2023-2027, that the so-called automatic second term is now based on performance. If you don’t perform, you get fired! If the incoming Governor puts Cross River on the path of tangible development within the period, he will get
Frankly, the broadside from Governor Liyel Imoke at Governor Ayade was a distraction that Cross Riverians do not need. It did not advance the case for “Atiku for President” a single centimeter, it did not help the case of the PDP candidate, Senator Sandy Onor, and it did very little if anything for Governor Imoke’s
By Margaret John and David Nsa The National Youths For Good Governance has called on the Inspector General of Police to investigate and prosecute all involved in the recent spree of political assassinations in the Cross River State. The plea was contained in a press statement issued by the group where the following persons were