CRUTECH Strike May Last For More Than 2 Years....

News reaching #voiceofcalabar indicate that A Senate member of the Cross River State University of Technology (CRUTECH), Professor Edet M. Anam of Chemical Science Department has informed that the two-week old CRUTECH strike may last for more than 2 years if things remain the way they are.

 According to report from #yakurrreporter in a chat interview with Professor Anam who said, "the institution is ready to stand by its striking action until the Cross River State Government meets its demands". For two weeks now, lecturers and other non- academic staff of the institution have been on strike with a tag: "No Pay, No Work" over non-payment of two months' salaries as well as other outstanding allowances. In a reaction, the chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) CRUTECH chapter, Dr. Stephen Ochang, accused the state government of insensitivity to the plight of workers. He said the four industrial unions in the institution wrote to the state gov demanding the payment of salaries and other outstanding allowances owed them, but that nothing was done. He said the demands of the striking workers include release of N500 million for upgrade of facilities and increase in monthly subvention from N169 million to N250 million. Source: Yakurr Reporter