The year has been a very peculiar one. A tough one for everyone. For that reason alone, I’ve been very careful or should I say, deliberately stayed away from being too critical of the local politicians and politically exposed (in my home State). Well, today is boxing 🥊 day 2020. A good day to throw
Since 1999, in every state there is this group of persons called the political class, they run the state, share state budget and contracts among themselves, rotate political offices and appointments among themselves, to an extent their children marry one another. Power usually rotates within that group, from fathers to sons and daughters. When they
It is no longer news that PDP delivered her candidate in Obudu in a campaign led by Governor Ayade himself, what is rather news is that Ayade has proven to critics that he is master of the game and that he should be taken serious. You may want to ask me what the game is.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin One reason why services are poorly delivered today in Nigeria is because government is given the responsibility to do everything. Democracy was not really designed to work this way. I read that fire service had no water and or petrol to tackle the fire in Watt market yesterday. Part of it is
In the business world we call it credible network connections, in real world we call it man know man. One of Liyel Imoke’s most remarkable achievements was the setting up of a sister state relationship with State of Maryland USA. The sister state agreement was meant to provide a forum for economic development, tourism, and
In the absence of infrastructure, Cross River State biggest problem today is job creation for our teeming youth population. While most political faithfuls have been awarded positions in government as a means of the current administrations bid to build up governance capacity in lieu of job creation or political settlements, this gesture may have helped
Traveling recently on transit through Accra airport, gave me hope Africa would get it right someday. One thing I have come to learn over time is that the society has a way of shaping her peoples degree of integrity. Arriving Accra, I needed to make a call, I found a young boy selling recharge cards,
With the hype, support and endorsement of the superhighway come and gone, it’s time we talk about the reality of our roads in Cross River state. Since the new mapping of the Superhighway now routes through Etung Local government rather than Ikom as earlier mapped, then over 70% of the state will have to live