Author: Awassam Bassey

In a little over twenty months from now, General Muhammadu Buhari will come to the end of his tenancy at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa and a new occupant will move in. Who that individual will be is unknown for now but politicians are already aligning within and across party lines to occupy that office come May 29, 2023 in an election that promises to be fascinating because in Nigeria, elections are usually fascinating when the incumbent is not vying for a position. For 2023, there have barely been any public declarations of interest yet, however, it is common knowledge that a…

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The 2023 elections in Cross River State will be competitive. Since the 1991 elections that ushered in the Third Republic, in which the National Republican Convention (NRC) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) fiercely contested for elective positions, inter-party elections in Cross River State have been anything but competitive. In that election, the NRC won the governorship, with Mr. Clement Ebri as governor, while the SDP controlled the legislature. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has so dominated the politics of the state, since the return of democracy in 1999, that elections in Cross River have more or less become a family affair,…

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