By Ushang Ewa Staff of the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) celebrated the Easter holiday in an uncharacteristic low note as they are owed salary for the month of March with the management not doling out gifts as has been the tradition in the recent past. Also, the management of the institution also communicated
By Inyali Peter The investigation of the former Bursar of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Peter Agi had seen dozens of petitions from almost every quarter of the Varsity with that of the institution’s branch of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) causing more havoc CrossRiverWatch findings reveal. The eleven page petition signed by
By Ushang Ewa The first semester examinations of the 2014/2015 session in Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) may yet again be postponed as the institution’s branch of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) failed to resolve teething issues between them and management. ASUU met earlier today to resolve whether to continue their hunger
By crossriverwatch admin In what is obviously a preparatory measure to a full blown strike, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Cross River State University of Technology, CRUTECH Chapter Congress have just adopted a motion of “NO PAY NO WORK” until salaries are paid. This means lecturers in the school are withdrawing
By Aplefe Ojong The immediate past Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Calabar Branch, Dr. James Okpiliya, says his greatest successes were in the area of providing holistic welfare packages to deserving ASUU-UNICAL members. Speaking to newsmen in his office, the former ASUU-UNICAL chairman disclosed that his administration took a
By: Aplefe Ojong Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University, Calabar Branch have elected a new Executive headed by Dr. Tony E. Eyang to pilot the affairs of the Union for the next two years. A free and fair elections held at the Chinua Achebe New Art Theatre, UNICAL, recently, saw Dr.
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by crossriverwatch admin The threat to academic stability in the nation’s ivory towers because of the current strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has attracted headlines in the dailies. The media has also been awashed by many criticisms, most of which have been directed at the Federal Government in which President Jonathan