NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Donald Duke

Donald Duke (born 30 September 1961 in Calabar) has been the Governor of Cross River State since 1999. He has been at the helm of affairs of the State since the commencement of the present democratic dispensation in Nigeria. He received LLB degree in 1982 from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria - Nigeria, the B.L in 1983 from the Nigerian Law School and the L.L.M. in Business Law and Admiralty in 1984 from University of Pennsylvania. September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Location of Calabar in Nigeria Calabar is a city in south eastern Nigeria. ... Cross River is a state in southeastern Nigeria. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in most common law countries other than the United States, where it has been replaced by the Juris Doctor degree. ... Ahmadu Bello University is the largest university in West Africa. ... This article is about the private Ivy League university in Philadelphia. ...

Spearheading the incumbent debt of Nigeria, Duke pushed for democracy and against military control. He stated; "What got the military out of power was not democracy but the dreadful state of the economy. If we, the democratic government, cannot deliver food for the mass of people we can forget about democracy."^[1]

Duke has been appraised for his contributions to the fields of agriculture, urban development, government, environment, information and communication, investment drive, and tourism. Through his work Calabar is considered the "cleanest city in Nigeria." Urban, city, or town planning, deals with design of the built environment from the municipal and metropolitan perspective. ... Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)is: the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... Tourists on OÊ»ahu, Hawaii Tourism is travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes, and also refers to the provision of services in support of this act. ...

The BBC reported in September 2006 that Governor Duke was the only governor specifically mentioned as not being under investigation by the federal Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Four other governors were also reported as not under investigation but their names were not released.) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is a Nigerian law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes such as advance fee fraud (419 fraud) and money laundering. ...

Donald Duke has announced that he will be running for president in the 2007 election.

See: List of Governors of Cross River State This is a list of Cross River State leaders. ...

References

^ http://www.odiousdebts.org/odiousdebts/index.cfm?DSP=content&ContentID=329

External links

Donald Duke's profile at Cross River State

Duke for President 2007

Donald Duke's Blog

v • d • e Governors of Nigerian states
Abia: Orji Uzor Kalu Adamawa: Boni Haruna Akwa Ibom: Victor Attah Anambra: Peter Obi Bauchi: Adamu Mu'azu Bayelsa: Goodluck Jonathan Benue: George Akume Borno: Ali Modu Sheriff Cross River: Donald Duke Delta: James Ibori Ebonyi: Sam Egwu Edo: Lucky Igbinedion Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... The following table presents a listing of Nigerias state governors. ... Abia State is a state in southeastern Nigeria. ... Governor Orji-Uzor Kalu Orji Uzor Kalu (b. ... Adamawa is a state in northeastern Nigeria, with its capital at Yola, Nigeria. ... Boni Haruna (b. ... Akwa Ibom is a state in Nigeria. ... Obong Victor Bassey Attah (b. ... // Anambra is a state in south-central Nigeria. ... Peter Obi (born 19 July 1961) has been governor of Anambra State in Nigeria since 16 March 2006 and was impeached by 16 members of the state house of assembly on 2 November 2006. ... Bauchi State is a state in northern Nigeria. ... Adamu Muazu Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Muazu (b. ... Bayelsa State is a state in southern Nigeria in the core Niger Delta region, between Delta State and Rivers State. ... Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (b. ... Benue is a state in eastern Nigeria. ... George Akume (b. ... Borno State is a state in north-eastern Nigeria. ... Ali Modu Sheriff has been governor of Borno State in Nigeria since 29 May 2003. ... Cross River is a state in southeastern Nigeria. ... All the main characters (except the man on the left) Delta State is a Canadian cartoon, based on a comic book, featuring four amnesiac roommates with the ability to enter the Delta State, an ethereal realm. ... James Onanefe Ibori (b. ... Ebonyi State is an inland south-eastern state of Nigeria, populated primarily by Igbos. ... Sam Ominyi Egwu (b. ... Edo State is a state in Nigeria. ... Lucky Igbinedion (b. ...	Ekiti: Tunji Olurin Enugu: Chimaroke Nnamani Gombe: Mohammed Danjuma Goje Imo: Achike Udenwa Jigawa: Saminu Turaki Kaduna: Ahmed Makarfi Kano: Ibrahim Shekarau Katsina: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua Kebbi: Adamu Aliero Kogi: Ibrahim Idris Kwara: Bukola Saraki Lagos: Bola Tinubu Ekiti State is an inland south-western state of Nigeria. ... Major General Adetunji Idowu Ishola Olurin (rtd. ... // Enugu State is an inland state in southeastern Nigeria. ... Chimaroke Nnamani Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani (EBEANO) (b. ... Gombe is a state in north-eastern Nigeria, with its capital at Gombe. ... Mohammed Danjuma Goje has been governor of Gombe State in Nigeria since 29 May 2003. ... Imo is in Southern Nigeria and was created on February 3, 1976. ... Achike Udenwa (born 1948) is the governor of Imo State, Nigeria. ... Jigawa State is a state in central northern Nigeria. ... Alhaji Ibrahim Saminu Turaki (b. ... Kaduna State is a state in central northern Nigeria. ... Ahmed Makarfi Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi (b. ... Kano State is a state located in north-central Nigeria. ... Ibrahim Shekarau (b. ... Katsina State is a state in northern Nigeria. ... Umaru Musa YarAdua has been governor of Katsina State in Nigeria since 29 May 1999. ... Kebbi State is a state in north-western Nigeria. ... Adamu Aliero Alhaji Muhammad Adamu Aliero (born 1959?) has been governor of Kebbi State in Nigeria since 29 May 1999. ... Kogi is a state in the north-central zone of Nigeria. ... Ibrahim Idris (b. ... Kwara State is a state in western Nigeria. ... Dr. Bukola Saraki (b. ... // History Lagos State, Nigeria was created on May 27, 1967 by virtue of State (Creation and Transitional Provisions) Decree No. ... Bola Tinubu Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (b. ...	Nassarawa: Abdullahi Adamu Niger: Abdulkadir Kure Ogun: Gbenga Daniel Ondo: Olusegun Agagu Osun: Olagunsoye Oyinlola Oyo: Rashidi Ladoja Plateau: Michael Botmang Rivers: Peter Odili Sokoto: Attahiru Bafarawa Taraba: Jolly Nyame Yobe: Bukar Ibrahim Zamfara: Ahmed Sani Yerima Nassarawa State is a state in central Nigeria. ... Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu (b. ... Abdulkadir Kure has been governor of Niger State in Nigeria since 29 May 1999. ... Ogun State is a state in South-western Nigeria. ... Image:OtunbaGbengaDaniel . ... Ondo State, Nigeria was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. ... Dr. Olusegun Kokumo Agagu (b. ... Osun State is an inland state in south-western Nigeria. ... Olagunsoye Oyinlola has been governor of Osun State in Nigeria since 29 May 2003. ... á»Œyá» State is an inland state in south-western Nigeria, with its capital at Ibadan. ... Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja (born 25 September 1944) became governor of Oyo State in Nigeria on 29 May 2003. ... Plateau State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria. ... Chief Micheal Botmang, former Plateau state deputy governor, was sworn in as governor of Plateau State following the impeachment of Chief Joshua Dariye on 13 November, 2006. ... Rivers State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria. ... Dr. Peter Otunuya Odili (b. ... Sokoto State is a state in north-western Nigeria. ... Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa (b. ... Taraba is a state of Nigeria, named after the Taraba River which traverses the southern part of the state. ... Jolly Taboro Nyame has been governor of Taraba State in Nigeria since 29 May 1999. ... Yobe State, a mainly agricultural state, is located in Northern Nigeria. ... Bukar Abba Ibrahim Alhaji Bukar Abba Ibrahim (b. ... Zamfara State is a state in Nigeria. ... Alhaji Ahmed Sani Yerima (b. ...

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