By Margaret Adado The Cross River State Government has assured workers of prompt payment of salaries no matter the sum agreed by the federal government as the new national minimum wage. The Special Adviser of Labor to the government, Comrade Effiong Umoh stated this on Sunday in Calabar while speaking on the radio program; ‘The
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 Deborah Obot, Efa Sunday and David Nsa Schools, banks and public offices in Calabar, the Cross River State capital were on Thursday, shut down in compliance with the directive of the organised labor for a nationwide strike over the failure of the Nigerian government to agree on the new minimum wage. Below are images