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 John Resident Doctors in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital have issued a 21-day ultimatum to the management of the hospital to respond to its concerns regarding the exclusion of its members from the payment of arrears and salaries owed in the last four months to one year. The decision which was taken
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
By Jonathan Ugbal The management of the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), may have been constrained to take extra measures to forestall a planned strike by lecturers who are angry that their salaries are being delayed. CrossRiverWatch reported that the teachers had concluded plans to shut down the University from yesterday (Wednesday) and proceed
By Our Reporter The Cross River State wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) have called off it’s over two weeks old strike. According to a statement contained in a circulated NUT Bulletin 9 with no signatory, the decision to call off the strike emanated from an interactive session with the Governor of Cross
By Violet Isek The Cross River State Government has been advised to “shun semantics” and honor the agreement it has entered with the State Law Officers Association of Nigeria (LOAN), as questioning the legality of LOAN indicates intention not to honor previous agreements. The charge was made by the Cross River State Chapter Chairman of
By Margaret John The Special Adviser on Labor Matters to the Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, Mr. Effiong Ita, has maintained that the strike embarked upon by the Cross River State chapter of the Law Officers Association of Nigeria (LOAN) is “illegal as the body is not registered according to the Nigeria Law.”