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Labour Kicks Against Promotion Exam Fees In CR

June 10, 2014 Admin No Comments

It appears the hue and cry that attended Labour’s docile posture in respect of the laptops saga in the Cross River State Civil Service has yielded fruits, though in another angle, www.calitown.com can reveal. In a direct response to circular no. CRC/6062/S.2/Vol.2/28 of May 19, 2014, titled “Registration of Eligible Candidates for the Competitive Promotion…

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CR Sets Up Telecoms Mast Compliance Committee

May 22, 2014 Admin No Comments

The Cross River State Government has set up a committee to conduct a structural integrity and compliance audit of all telecommunication masts standing in the State, this is contained in a release signed by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Attah Ochinke. Ochinke stated that the audit exercise is aimed at ensuring public…

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”CR Is Not Over Taxing Investors” – Peter Oti

May 20, 2014May 20, 2014 Admin No Comments

Special Adviser, Budget Monitoring and Implementation, who also doubles as the acting Chairman of the CRS Internal Revenue Service, Peter Oti has debunked the notion held in several quarters that CRS is over taxing investors in the state. Oti who spoke with www.calitown.com in his office, explained that it has become necessary to address this…

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CR Head of Service Labours To Explain Computer Policy, But…

May 19, 2014May 20, 2014 Admin No Comments

In what can be referred to as an attempt to justify the Cross River State Government’s commitment to forcefully giving civil servants in the state laptops, Head of Service, Mary Theresa Ikwen has this morning on state owned CRBC-TV breakfast show, “Good Morning Cross River”, anchored by Erim Egar, insisted that in pegging the price…

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CR’s Computers For Civil Servants, Matters Arising

May 17, 2014May 17, 2014 Admin 1 Comment

In what is referred to in Cross River State as the “Civil Servants Computer Acquisition Programme” and further that a letter with reference no, GO/HOS/591/Vol III/69, signed by a Permanent Secretary, Emeka Inaku, is requesting Commissioners in CRS to go to the office of the Head of Service for the collection of laptops on specified…

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Salary Deductions In CR Civil Service, Facts Emerge

May 14, 2014 Admin 3 Comments

While workers in the Cross River State Civil Service from Grade Level 07 to 16 silently resent the decision of the Office of the Head of Service, CRS, to compulsorily deduct their salaries under the guise of providing them with laptops, www.calitown.com investigations reveal that civil servants affected by this compulsory deductions may be paying…

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