By Jonathan Ugbal, Violet Isek and Margaret John The Cross River State Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade John Ushie has said the State’s civil service risks closure by 2023 if recruitment of new staff is not carried out immediately. He stated this on Tuesday while delivering a traditionally lengthy speech at an
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the organised labor in Cross River State on Tuesday in Calabar endorsed the governor, Senator Ben Ayade to bid for a second term in office. The state chairman of the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC), Comrade John Ushie disclosed this while delivering a traditionally
By Violet Isek The organised labor in Cross River State on Tuesday declined the offer of the governor, Senator Ben Ayade to pay salaries for the month of June today (Wednesday). Governor Ayade while addressing members drawn from the two arms of the organised labor; the Nigerian Labor enu (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned the Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River and his counterpart in Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi to a meeting later this month over the lingering boundary crisis between both states which have resulted in the loss of lives and destruction of property worth millions of
By Monday Ogar: House of Assembly Correspondent The leadership of the Cross River State House of Assembly says it will consider the state’s grazing prohibition bill for second reading and subsequent public hearing at its sitting on Wednesday (tomorrow). The speaker of the assembly, Honorable John Lebo (PDP Abi) disclosed this last week in a
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday (Monday) directed the payment of salaries for the month of April. This makes it a second year in a row Mr. Ayade has paid civil servants in advance to celebrate the workers day slated for May 1; a situation which drew mixed
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has said that the reason for establishing industries across the state is because it was the best way to create jobs. The governor disclosed this at the inauguration of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN)/ Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) program at
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has approved the recruitment of qualified Cross Riverians for immediate employment at the ultra-modern Rice Seedlings center located at the Ayade Industrial Park in Calabar. This was contained in a statement signed by his spokesman; Mr. Christian Ita issued Tuesday which read in