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
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.
First, it was Senator Donald Dick Etiebet, Senator in the Second Republic, 1979 to 1983,Governor of old Cross River State (now Cross River and Akwa Ibom States) in July. Then Dr. Mathaias Oko Offoboche, renowned academic, outstanding Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, respected politician, Deputy Governor of the old Cross River State on the same ticket with
Francis Fukuyama in his book “End of History and the last man” argues that the advent of Western liberal democracy may signal the endpoint of humanity’s socio-cultural evolution and the final form of human government. Fukuyama drew his inference from Alexandre Kojève who posited that the progress of history must lead toward the establishment of
The bane of development in many developing nations especially in Africa has been the inability to draw the line between partisan politics and commitment to national and state development. Often political leaders struggle to understand the complex relationship between commitment to party ideals and leadership cooperation required to produce tangible results in nation building. Democracy
Please tell the governor of Cross River that building a superhighway is great. Only an insane person will fight progress. The question is whether the superhighway is a means to an end or an end in itself. The governor has yet to answer this fundamental question. My thinking is that when a government is heavily
The vision statement of our dear state reads “Cross River State aspires by 2020 to be a leading Nigerian state with prosperous, healthy and well educated citizens living in harmony with people and nature and pursuing their legitimate interests in freedom moderated by good governance.” While this is a wonderful vision, Sen. Prof. Benedict Ayade