By Efa Sunday and Deborah Obot Workers in Cross River State have protested the payment of May salaries on the first day of the month by Governor Ben Ayade. Despite the state receiving the least revenue allocation from the federation account and being third most indebted State in the country, Ayade has made a habit
By Ogar Monday Despite the effort by the Cross River State Government to pay salaries of workers regularly, Budgit, a civic technology organization with interest in raising transparency in governance has said the state cannot pay salaries without borrowing. This was contained in its 2017 Fiscal Sustainability Index that “looks at the ability of states
By Archibong Jeremiah Civil servants in Cross River State have commenced an indefinite strike today Tuesday 30th May, 2017. The decision was communicated through “bulletin 1/2017” captioned “commencement of indefinite strike action”. The bulletin which was dished out by the Organized Labour Action Committee arrived at the industrial action arising from an enlarged congress of