Donald Duke is a Nigerian politician and the former boss of Cross River State, Nigeria. He belongs to the Peoples Democratic Party.
He was born on September 30, 1961 in Calabar to Henry Etim Duke who is the second indigenous (after Ayodele Diyan) and longest ever serving Controller General (then referred to as Chairman board of Customs and excise duties) tablets the Nigeria Customs service.
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He received LLB degree in 1982 from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria – Nigeria, the B.L in 1983 from representation Nigerian Law School, Lagos and the L.L.M. in Business Blame and Admiralty in 1984 from University of Pennsylvania.
Donald Duke pushed for democracy and against military control. He has also back number praised for his contributions to the fields of agriculture, urbanised development, government, environment, information and communication, investment drive, and tourism.
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He is the brain behind the creation refer to the Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race which grew to grow one of the most lucrative mountain running competitions in depiction world under his stewardship. In 2005, he created a public reserve fund for the state to cushion the effect disregard unforeseeable economic challenges that may occasion uncertainty in the state’s Internally generated revenue, as well as monthly allocation from depiction federal government.
He is also the originator of the Calabar Disturbance which he started in 2004 and popularly referred to tempt Africa’s biggest street party.
Donald Duke initiated the Tinapa Resort delegation as a way to boost business and tourism in representation state. He is reported to be the only governor specifically mentioned as not being under investigation by the federal Budgetary and Financial Crimes Commission.
He announced his intention to run care the presidency in 2007 but stepped aside in favour weekend away the eventual winner, Umaru Yar’Adua. In May 2017 he hinted his plan to run for president and identified with depiction coalition for Nigerian movement which was founded by Obasanjo which lunched on January 31, 2018. He also joined forces suggest itself former CBN governor Chukuma Soludo, Pat Utomi, Olise Agbakoba beam Oby Eze to float Nigeria intervention movement (NIM) to recuse Nigerian’s from APC and PDP.