By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday (Monday) directed the payment of salaries for the month of April. This makes it a second year in a row Mr. Ayade has paid civil servants in advance to celebrate the workers day slated for May 1; a situation which drew mixed
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 Ushang Ewa The Nigeria Union of Teachers in Cross River State has directed teachers in the state to resume work today despite plans by the organized labor in the state to effect a “total shutdown” by Wednesday. The Chairman, Comrade Eyo Nsa Itam told radio hosts Agba Jalingo and Jonathan Ugbal on Sunday evening
By Archibong Jeremiah A Cross River base businessman, Mr. Edet Asuquo has urged the State Government to be humble to its people. Mr. Edet who is the Managing Director of Adsuit Investment Limited, made the call while airing his thoughts to CrossRiverWatch TV about the ongoing industrial action by the State chapter of Nigeria Labor
By Ushang Ewa The industrial action embarked upon by the Nigeria Labor Congress in Cross River State has crippled economic activities since Friday but the State Government Tuesday said it cannot comprehend the reason for the action as it has met all Labor’s demands. Mr. Christian Ita, the spokesperson for Cross River Governor, Benedict Ayade
By Grace Odok A few agencies and commissions in Cross River State have for two days running, violated the industrial action directive issued by the state chapter of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) CrossRiverWatch findings reveal. Labor had on Friday last week, by 12 noon, commenced an indefinite strike action to protest the non forwarding
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that the organized labor in Cross River State has begun an industrial action. The strike commenced at exactly 12 noon on Friday a source told our Newsroom. As at press time it was unclear the issues on ground though a recent bulletin (4/2017) circulated a few days ago