By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Cross River State Civil Service headquarters in Calabar is currently under lock and key as 1800 civil servants employed four years ago are protesting over unpaid salaries. The protesters in their numbers barricaded the entrances of the secretariat and chanted solidarity songs with leaves saying they are
By Patrick Obia The meeting between the Organized Labor and the government of Cross River State to resolve the ongoing industrial action on Thursday ended in deadlock. The five hours meeting between the government represented by the Head of Service (HOS), Geraldine Akpet-Ekanem and the delegation of the Organized Labor could not reach a compromise
By Patrick Obia Our newsroom confirmed that, following the picketing and shutdown of the Cross River State Secretariat by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the office of Head of Service has began refunding the ₦25,000 extorted from Directors. Sources from the NLC disclosed this to CrossRiverWatch saying, the “HOS led by Mrs. Geraldine Akpet-Ekanem succumbed to
By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has introduced a Housing Scheme for Civil Servants in the State. Mrs. Geraldine Akpet-Ekanem, the Head of Service (HoS), disclosed this on Monday in Calabar during a meeting with Directors and Heads of Administration in the State’s Civil Service. According to her, the
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,
By Ushang Ewa The personnel screening exercise for civil and public servants suspended from the payroll of the Cross River Government by Governor Ben Ayade in mid 2019 will begin today. Numbering about 3,000, some were yet to be pay-rolled and after four days of protests, Mr. Ayade promised to look into the matter. And,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In a surprise move, President Muhammadu Buhari has sent Winifred Oyo-Ita, the head of service of the federation, on an indefinite suspension. He also named Folashade Yemi-Esan as the acting head of service “with immediate effect”. Oyo-Ita is being probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged N3 billion contract scam.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Winifred Oyo-Ita, the Head of Service of the Federation, is currently at the Presidential Villa in Aso Rock. Oyo-Ita, who is currently being investigated for an alleged N3 billion contract scam, had stayed away from the retreat organised for ministers-designate despite attendance by other top Government officials. She was spotted entering the