Skip to content
Calitown

Calitown

News, Here, Everytime!

  • Home
  • News
    • Cross River News
  • Features
  • Community
  • Inspirational
  • Toggle search form
  • CR Police Foil Suspects Attempt To Sneak Snatched Vehicle Out Of Calabar  News
  • Nnaji’s Rising Political Profile, Reason For The Media Attack News
  • “Your Leadership Lit A Path That Guides Us Today” – Otu Extols Duke at 64 News
  • “Putting The Record Straight” – Jarigbe Makes Clarification! News
  • 2027: Ayade Reveals He Is Not Running For Senate! News
  • Otu Assure Retirees Of Outstanding Gratuities, Swears In New Head Of Service Cross River News
  • Unical VC Commends Students Heading To London For Nextgen Innovation Grand Finale Cross River News
  • Ikom/Calabar Highway: Hellish Times Continue Cross River News

VERDICT: “Esuene Is The Best Governor Cross River State Ever Had” – Wilfred Inah

Posted on May 27, 2017 By Admin No Comments on VERDICT: “Esuene Is The Best Governor Cross River State Ever Had” – Wilfred Inah
Inah

One time Head of the Civil Service, Cross River State, Wilfred Oden Inah, says Udoakaha Jacob Esuene, Military Governor of South Eastern State between May 1967 to July 1975, remains the best governor Cross River State ever had because of the level of infrastructure he meticulously identified and developed for the state.

Inah who spoke with www.calitown.com earlier today, on the heels of current activities marking the 50th anniversary of Cross River State, pointed to the development of State Housing Estate, construction of Calabar/Ikom highway, building of the College of Technology (now CRUTECH), Cultural Centre, Calabar, U.J. Esuene stadium, among others. Particularly, he disclosed that “when Esuene was appointed to administer this state, he was 31. But he did something that I consider very clever; he called the likes of Michael Ani and a few others and admitted to them that he had no civil administrative experience and begged them to teach him how to administer this state. This was humility, something you do not find in the leaders we have today. Of course the persons he appealed to worked sincerely with him and you can see that sincerity in the visible landmarks Esuene’s administration left behind”.

On the University of Calabar, he informed that “…between taking up part ownership of the African Continental Bank, ACB, and that of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Esuene and his team picked the latter and drove the processes that gave birth to UNN, Calabar campus. Today that campus is the University of Calabar, visible till tomorrow; I ask you, where is ACB today? Until some other person comes some day and surpasses what Esuene has done, I say firmly that he is the best governor ever produced by thiis state”

Put to task on the size of Esuene’s cabinet, hear him; “…they were 12 in number and they achieved a lot. Today in Cross River State, we have a large pool of appointees and I think you can see for yourself what they have achieved” he concluded.

Available records show that Esuene was the first governor after the state was formed in May 1967, immediately The South Eastern Region was carved out of the Eastern Region. An airforce officer, he lost his commission in 1975 after Murtala Muhammed dismissed him from the military, a dismissal that was reversed during the Ibrahim Babangida administration with benefits from 1975. He died in 1993.

 

Share this post:

Share on X (Twitter) Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Share on Email Share on WhatsApp Share on Telegram
Cross River News, News

Post navigation

Previous Post: “Anti-Corruption Should Be Taught As A Subject In Schools”- Calabar Monarch
Next Post: UPDATE: NLC Strike Action Cripples Government Activity In CRS

Related Posts

  • Uncertainty And Fear Grips Many As LG Tenure Winds Down In Cross River Cross River News
  • “Attackers Of Fmr. Niger Delta Affairs Minister Did Not Know He Was The One” – Source Cross River News
  • Ebom/Usumutong Crisis: Hostilities Resume Breaking News
  • CR Council Chairmen Endure Difficult Times…Hire Taxis To Official Functions Cross River News
  • Calabar Monorail Set For February 14, 2016 Commissioning Cross River News
  • Club Commends Akwa Ibom State Gov For Kindness To Young Yakurr Lady Cross River News

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Recent Comments

  • Ben John on Ikom/Calabar Highway: Hellish Times Continue
  • Jane Luka Lamba on Edgerley, My Edgerley: With Nostalgia I Remember Edgerley!
  • CHATS on Politicians, Supporters Besiege PDP Office, Ndoma-Egba Backs Out Of Ward Congress
  • Michael on See Full List Of 24 Academic Staff In Unical Promoted To Professorial Cadre

ADVERT: Click to Watch!

https://calitown.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/VID-20170928-WA0003.mp4
  • “Politicians Armed Those Fighting In Nko And Mkpani” – Wilfred Inah Cross River News
  • PENSIONS: CR Retired Perm Secs Appeal To Ayade Cross River News
  • FLOOD: CRS Gov Sympathises With Borno State Counterpart Cross River News
  • APC Victory In Ekiti Unsettles PDP In C’River Cross River News
  • Ayade Set To Reshuffle Cabinet Cross River News
  • Critical Facts About Elective Political Positions In Bendi Ward I, Obanliku Local Government Area Features
  • See Full List Of The 10 Hotels In Calabar Who Got The N10m Grant Cross River News
  • CR Political Appointees Lose Salaries In SSG Vs. Comm Of Works Feud Cross River News

CALITOWN
...News, Here, Everytime

Quick Menu

  • Home
  • News
    • Cross River News
  • Features
  • Community
  • Inspirational

Copyright © 2021 calitown
172 Greenwood Avenue , Hull. East Yorkshire. HU6 9NY

Powered by PressBook News WordPress theme