Yuletide: UNICROSS Staff Receive November Salary As Gov't Demands Financial Transparency 

By Ndifreke BASSEY 

At last, staff of University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) have received their November salary even as arrangements are on to pay December in a few days time, THE BEAGLE NEWS can authoritatively reveal.

Sources close to the institution revealed that as at today some staff have started receiving alerts from their various banks while plans are on to pay December salary.

With this development, the staff are now owed three months months including April, May 2022 and December 2023.

Investigations by THE BEAGLE NEWS further revealed that following public outcry over the plight of the UNICROSS staff and following appeal by some critical stakeholders to government, Governor Bassey Otu directed release of the their November subvention, leading to one month salary payment.

However, it was learnt that the Vice Chancellor of UNICROSS, Professor Augustine Angba, was said to have entered into an agreement with the unions to clear the May and June backlog salaries by this year ending.

Some of the staff, who spoke off record, said they are surprised that the VC has again reneged on his promise, adding that once they get the December salary they may be forced to declare industrial dispute untill all their entitlements are cleared.

Meanwhile, THE BEAGLE NEWS can authoritatively report that the government is piqued at the state of affairs at the institution and has demanded for financial Transparency.