About 200 teachers of Akwa Ibom State origin sacked from the employment of Cross River State government Wednesday, protested the alleged refusal of Akwa ibom government to re-absorb them.
Armed with placards of sundry inscriptions, the teachers recalled how the former governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke, sacked them over the alleged ceded oil wells from Cross River State to Akwa Ibom State.
The protesters, who marched along Wellington Bassey Way, leading to Government House, later took their grievances to the stadium where Governor Akpabio was expected to address Akwa Ibom people on Nigeria’s 54th independence anniversary.
Speaking with journalists, leader of the protest, Mr. Elijah James Ekanem, said they had taken the matter up with the state government, since they were sacked from Cross River in 2006 in the middle of the oil wells politics, to no avail.
He recalled that key government functionaries, including the deputy governor, Noble Lady Valerie Ebe, Head of Service, Mrs. Cecilia Udoessien, and managers of the State Universal Basic Education, SUBEB, were notified of the matter but with no commensurate action to address their plights.
He said: “They have interviewed us for more than 20 times on this matter and each time, they will tell us that the case was on the governor’s table, that we should go and wait for directives.
“We have been waiting since 2006 and many of us have died while waiting for the government to make good its promise to absorb us.”
Armed with placards of sundry inscriptions, the teachers recalled how the former governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke, sacked them over the alleged ceded oil wells from Cross River State to Akwa Ibom State.
The protesters, who marched along Wellington Bassey Way, leading to Government House, later took their grievances to the stadium where Governor Akpabio was expected to address Akwa Ibom people on Nigeria’s 54th independence anniversary.
Speaking with journalists, leader of the protest, Mr. Elijah James Ekanem, said they had taken the matter up with the state government, since they were sacked from Cross River in 2006 in the middle of the oil wells politics, to no avail.
He recalled that key government functionaries, including the deputy governor, Noble Lady Valerie Ebe, Head of Service, Mrs. Cecilia Udoessien, and managers of the State Universal Basic Education, SUBEB, were notified of the matter but with no commensurate action to address their plights.
He said: “They have interviewed us for more than 20 times on this matter and each time, they will tell us that the case was on the governor’s table, that we should go and wait for directives.
“We have been waiting since 2006 and many of us have died while waiting for the government to make good its promise to absorb us.”
https://www.akelicious.net/200-akwa-ibom-teachers-sacked-from-cross-river/

Sad

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Too bad

This our diversity thing, It goes beyond civilization. It's almost ingrained in our genes.
Akwa Ibom and Cross River of all people .
From the alleged reason behind the sack to the refusal of the home state to take up the issue, all reeks of irresponsibility.

Let their state government re-absorb.

Cross river is a state and their employment is not a federal job. It is a state job.

While they are made Headteachers in Lagos. Yet the fools all think Yorubas are their problems

This is an old news nau or am I missing something

Stale news. Some people don't read before commenting. Wow so this white man is correct. If you want to hide something from black people write it inside the book.

I stopped reading when I heard the mention of governor Akpabio