By Our Reporter There is palpable anxiety and grumbling among many aides of the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade as many of them are yet to get August salary. The payment of salaries which has since shifted from end of the month to the end of the first week of every new month
By Judex Okoro, The Sun Igbo leaders have hailed Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River for appointing their sons and daughters into the Cross River State government, promising continued support for the administration’s industrialisation drive. The appointees are Ugoji Nwabueze, Esq, Senior Special Assistant on non-indigenes sffairs, Dr. Nancy Irek, Senior Special Assistant on information
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has instructed all Commissioners and other political appointees to refrain from making public statements without clearance. The directive is contained in statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Ita and made public by his subordinate Edward Ntebri. See extract below. “Henceforth no Commissioner
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent The newly sworn-in Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade seems to have finally realized the reality and cost implication of his “over six thousand appointees” in the State payroll during his first tenure, as he finally termed it “biting more than I can chew.” Governor Ayade made
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent CrossRiverWatch brings you exclusive audio of the Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade’s address to his former appointees before dissolution of the 2015-2019 Executive members of his cabinet today. In his address he said he’s set to take up the role of a “Project Manager”, supervising the completion
By Archibong Jeremiah and Philip Agba The Sen. Ben Ayade led administration soon to unbundle policy of “Food On The Table” in Cross River State which has catered for over 6000 appointees in the past 3 years and some months has been likened to an al majeri system. According to Mr. Edo Owan, a Public
It is no longer news that Cross River State paraded the highest number of political appointees between 2015-2019 under the administration of Governor Ben Ayade. Available records states that Ayade had over 6, 000 appointees who were drawing regular salaries from the State Government coffers even without offices, designations and job schedules. The Governor came
By Efa Sunday The Cross River State chapter of the Organised Labour Union has joined other State unions in the peaceful protest for a NGN30, 000 minimum wage across the streets of Calabar. Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Cross River State, Comrade John Ushie, while addressing members of the union at Mary Slessor