By CrossRiverWatch admin Staff at the newly-built Calabar International Convention Center have been without salaries for the past 6 months CrossRiverWatch has gathered. This ugly situation was made known when our reporter visited the center earlier this week. One of the workers who spoke with our reporter said, “We are highly disappointed because this is
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State chapter of the Nigeria Labor Congress NLC, Friday suspended indefinitely three of its affiliates for failing to participate in the last strike action the union called to demand for improved workers welfare. The Strike which was called in October, 2015 by the NLC after stalled negotiations between government
By Ushang Ewa Sellers and stall owners at the ongoing Christmas Festival village at the botanical garden in Calabar Thursday protested what they say is the unstable supply of electricity to their stands despite the high bill they paid to operators to secure them. The stand owners (mostly women) at about 7:30 PM marched to
By Ushang Ewa Staff of the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) resident in the staff quarters of the Calabar campus of the institution have met over the quit notice issued to them and maintained that the state government approved the rate they currently pay with the contentious boys quarters inclusive. Sources in the varsity
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State Ministry of Works has commenced the implementation of the directive of the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade that every road in Calabar should be made pothole free. Ayade had given the ministry a 7-day ultimatum to fix all potholes identified in the 120 internal roads in the Calabar
By Archibong Jeremiah A stalwart of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State and a former member of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Ernest Eki has scored the Senator Ben Ayade led administration ‘zero percent’ and called on the governor to increase the velocity of the pace of development of the State.
By Our Reporter There is an ongoing protest by workers of the Calabar Urban Development Agency, CUDA who are saddled with the responsibility of keeping the Cross River State capital clean and green. Our reporter on the ground say the workers are asking for their salary arrears which some of them say has piled up
By Uduak Pepple The University of Calabar chapter of the post graduate students of Cross River State origin, recently held their inauguration and swearing in of the newly elected executives to pilot the affairs of the union for the 2015/2016 academic session. The ceremony attracted students of the association, stakeholders from the post graduate students