Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State on Thursday in Calabar said Nigeria was yet to achieve economic freedom after 55 years of democratic independence.
Ayade, who said this at the 2015 Independence Day celebration, noted that the country still depended on foreign imports for all her needs, which
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