TOPIC Promotion Of Local Government Staff In Cross River State And Matters Arising. INTRODUCTION The Nigerian public service is established by Section 169 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as altered. In a similar vein, Section 206 establishes the civil service of States in the Federation. The Local Governments are not
By Deborah Obot The Cross River State Chapter of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), has commended the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade for donating a 17 seater Innoson bus (IVM 6540) to the union. According to the union Chairman, Mr. Godwin Ayendi in a statement made available to CrossRiverWatch, the union expressed appreciation
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent In what seems to be a twist of events for the much publicised wide acceptance of the Cross River Health Insurance Scheme, the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has said it will resist any form of deduction. The Cross River State Government had launched the scheme tagged ‘Ayadecare’
By Ikwen Atuaka The Obudu local government chapter of the National Union of Local Government Employees Thursday took to the streets to press home their demands for local government autonomy. Obudu, located in northern Cross River, is over 300kilometres north of Calabar, the state capital. The demonstration which took members bearing placards through major streets
By Ushang Ewa Local government employees in Cross River State have demanded for total autonomy for local government areas. The employees under the aegis of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) Friday, took to the streets of Calabar, the Cross River State capital to press home their demands for political, administrative and financial
By Aplefe Ojong The National Leadership of the Nigerian Labor Congress, (NLC) has been called upon to urgently call the Cross River NLC to order to avert division of the labor movement in the state. Mr. Godwin Ayendi, State President of National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), made the call while reacting to the
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Chairman of Nigeria Labor Congress, NLC, Comrade John Ushie has vowed that the state branch of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT and Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE will be sanctioned for pulling out of the suspended NLC industrial action in the State. The State NLC
By CrossRiverWatch admin As earlier reported by CrossRiverWatch, the organized labor in Cross River State Friday, downed tools with several public sector driven services grounded just as the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) shunned the directive citing communication breakdown in the build up to the industrial action.