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Magistrate Safiya Iyeh; Cross River Hidden Retrenchment Policy And The Rest Of Us BY OGAR EMMANUEL

In the last 6 months or so, Cross River State has witnessed numerous protests by individuals and group of organized associations over issues of nonpayment of salaries; gratuities, arrears, non-effect of promotional benefits, illegal disengagement of duly engaged Civil Servants in the cloak of concealed redundancy policy where staff were layoff without due process. Surprisingly,

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Cross River: Magistrate Slumps At Entrance To Gov. Ayade’s Office As Protest Enters Second Day

By Edem Edem, Daily Post One of the Magistrates protesting the non-payment of their two years salary in Cross River State, Richard Bassey, has slumped at the gate of the Governor’s Office in Calabar. The victim was painfully revived by his colleagues and other staff of the Governor’s office in Calabar by pouring water on

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Magistrate, Children Protest Non-Payment Of Salary For Over 2 Years By Gov. Ayade

By Archibong Jeremiah Her Worship, Safiya Iyeh Ashipu, of the Chief Magistrate Court Odukpani and two of her children are currently protesting in front of the Cross River State Governor’s office. Magistrate Ashipu is one of the 29 Magistrates that Governor Ben Ayade has refused to pay for over 2 years now. The single mother

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Governor Benedict Ayade – The Most Outstanding Person Of The Year, 2020 BY FIRST BABA ISA

My Most Outstanding Person of this year is Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River State. What defines this choice for me is his near prophetic proclamation about the use of face mask during the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic. Obviously, COVID-19 defined and redefined our lives and the whole world as we see it this

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Ayade Signs Cross River State 2021 Appropriation Bill Of N281.9bn Into Law

By Agency Reporter Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade Wednesday signed the State’s 2021 budget into law. Christened, budget of Blush and Bliss, the 2021 budget has a total sum of N281.9billion, a sharp reduction from the previous budget sizes of over 1.01trillion. Speaking at the signing ceremony which held at the State Executive

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Critical Thinking, Human Capital Development, Way Forward For Cross River – Barr. William Ballantyne

By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Lagos based lawyer Barr. William Ballantyne has stressed on the importance to encourage human capital development in the Cross River as a way of moving the State forward. In a telephone interview with journalists in Calabar, he said: “We do not have people with critical minds who can think critically. That

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Gov. Ben Ayade Appoint Geraldine Ekanem As New Head Of Service

By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has approved the appointment of Mrs. Geraldine Ekanem as Head of the State Civil Service. This was contained in a press release by the Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Tina Agbor. According to the release, the appointment is with effect from January 1,

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