No fewer than 150 Cross River State College of Education and the College of Health Technology lecturers on Wednesday in Calabar protested against the failure of the Cross River State Government to pay their salaries.
The protesters, who stormed the state House of Assembly and the Governor’s Office, also called for the reinstatement of the lecturers sacked by the state government.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, they held placards reading “we were sacked unjustly”, “pay us our September and October salaries”.
Speaking on behalf of the lecturers, the National Assistant Secretary, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics, Mr Emmanuel Nyador, said they were no longer comfortable with the decision of the state government.
Nyador told the leadership of the Assembly that the unions involved in the protest included the Academic Staff of Colleges of Education, Senior Staff Association of Polytechnics and Senior Staff Association of Colleges of Education.
He said some lecturers from the College of Education and College of Health Technology had been denied salaries for two months (September and October), adding that their names had been removed from government payroll.
He said they were not against the state governments’ decision to ensure that ghost workers were not on its payroll.
The Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Eteng Jonah-Williams, said that they would set up a committee to discuss with the unions and transmit the resolution to Governor Ben Ayade within one week.
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