By Elijah Ugani The Association of Cross River State Local Governments Pensioners has issued the State government a 21 days ultimatum with effect from 22nd October, 2018 to pay outstanding gratuities and pension arrears from 2015 till date. The association’s ultimatum was contained in a letter addressed to the Secretary to the State Government which
By Margaret John and Ololo Kelvin The Cross River University if Technology (CRUTECH) and University of Calabar (UCB) chapters of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have resolved to embark on a one week solidarity strike over the failure of the federal government to negotiate the new minimum wage. The chapter chairman ASUU UCB,
By Ushang Ewa Disengaged staff of the Cross River State Water Board limited say they are been owed over NGN20 million in accumulated stipends. The leader of the group, Mr. Gabriel Onah told CrossRiverWatch in an interview on Monday that the staff numbering 98 has exhausted all avenues to seek the board to pay them
By Obeten Godfrey Public school teachers in Cross River State have threatened to embark on a strike action following the inability of the state government to implement promises and agreement it had with the Cross River state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) in 2016. The sit-at-home is expected to begin on Wednesday,
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government will spend about NGN3 Billion for the 2017 Carnival Calabar and Festivals sources in Government House say. A breakdown of the figure shows that the five competing banks in the Carnival alone will share NGN500 million at NGN100 million apiece as subvention while the Governor’s band also
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade was forced to sleep in his Mega Hilton hotel in Obudu when he visited the local government for the burial of his late step mother on Friday. Other members of his entourage slept in other hotels in Ogoja and Obudu local government areas. The Ranch was last weekend shut
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government is yet to pay retirees and serving civil servants, pension, gratuities and salary arrears with the second tranche of the Paris Club refund, a survey by the News Agency of Nigeria reveals. The survey was carried out for the 22 states that applied for the refund of
By Jonathan Ugbal The organized labor in Cross River State Wednesday defied the ‘No Work No Pay’ directive of the Cross River State Government on Day 12 of the indefinite strike action which has crippled economic activities in the state. Members of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Joint Negotiating