The buildings housing the High Court and the Magistrate Court were located on Ona Ara. That is Ara Ekiti Road, from Ikole Ekiti. The road also leads to so many farmlands. The occupants of the buildings were held in high esteem. So awesome was the respect for them that even on Saturdays when they did
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Epidemic looms in Cross River State Government House as cleaners down tools to protest non-payment of ten months salary. The Governor’s office reportedly stank as cleaners assigned to empty bins were nowhere to be found on Tuesday morning. According to reports, overfilled toilets left unattended for several weeks within the complex have
By Efa Sunday and Deborah Obot Workers in Cross River State have protested the payment of May salaries on the first day of the month by Governor Ben Ayade. Despite the state receiving the least revenue allocation from the federation account and being third most indebted State in the country, Ayade has made a habit
By David Nsa The Cross River State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Asuquo Ekpeyong has refuted claims by critics of Governor Ayade’s administration, stating that the State Government under the current administration has not borrowed to service recurrent expenditure such as Salaries. The Finance Commissioner made the statement while speaking as a guest on a Sunday
By Rose Ofem and Martha Abua The Association of Resident Doctors in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (ARD-UCTH) has embarked on a week-long warning strike following the failure of the institution’s management to pay it salary arrears. The warning strike is the result of the resolution of the general meeting of the association held
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 Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Members of two labor unions in the College of Health Technology Calabar (COHTECH) on Monday defied the weather and stormed the Governor’s office in Calabar demanding the implementation of a seven year old salary scale. The unions; the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) and the Senior Staff Association
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