{"id":77500,"date":"2021-01-04T18:13:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T17:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=77500"},"modified":"2021-01-04T18:13:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T17:13:07","slug":"magistrates-in-c-river-protest-against-24-months-of-unpaid-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/magistrates-in-c-river-protest-against-24-months-of-unpaid-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Magistrates in C\/River protest against 24 months of \u201cunpaid salaries\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1687975315107731697\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Magistrates in Cross River on Monday blocked the entrance to the<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">governor\u2019s office in Calabar to protest 24 months unpaid salaries.<\/p>\n<p>The magistrates assembled at the governor\u2019s office from the 18 local<br \/>\ngovernment areas of the state.<\/p>\n<p>They wielded placards with inscriptions like \u201cwe have right to<br \/>\nemployment\u2019\u2019, \u201cMagistrates in Cross River are thrown out of their rented<br \/>\napartments\u2019\u2019, \u201cAyade, pay us.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the group, Mr Solomon Abuo, Chief Magistrate to<br \/>\nthe government of Cross River said the protest was their last resort.<\/p>\n<p>Abuo said they had continued to discharge their duties to the state<br \/>\ngovernment to date in spite of non-payment of their salaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have courts that we are heading and we have been working for the<br \/>\nstate government to bring about peace and tranquillity to the society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet the governor does not dim it fit to pay us our salaries in spite of<br \/>\nour entreaties, pleas, letters, correspondences, screening after<br \/>\nscreening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter our employment and swearing in, we went through four screenings;<br \/>\nin each of them, the governor will ignore the report requesting him to<br \/>\npay us our salaries, so this is our last resort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, we have 30 magistrates affected across the 18 local<br \/>\ngovernment areas of the state; funny enough, the governor\u2019s local<br \/>\ngovernment has the highest number and the state does not care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it wrong for one to serve the state as judicial officers? Are we<br \/>\nsupposed to go through this kind of humiliation? Those are the questions<br \/>\nto which we want answers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all family men with children in schools; we cannot pay<br \/>\nchildren\u2019s school fees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year one of the magistrates was arraigned before a fellow<br \/>\nmagistrate for inability to pay house rent. Most of us can\u2019t pay our<br \/>\nhouse rents; we are squatting with colleagues and all that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur prayer is that our 24 months\u2019 salary be paid with immediate effect,<br \/>\notherwise we will continue this protest and stop sittings in courts<br \/>\nuntil we are paid,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Justice Eyo Effiom-Ita,<br \/>\nActing Chief Judge of Cross River, said he was aware of the situation,<br \/>\nbut did not know for how many months the magistrates had not been paid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was appointed Acting Chief Judge two and a half months ago and I<br \/>\nheard that some magistrates were appointed, but the governor said he did<br \/>\nnot give clearance for their appointments and would not pay them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil Gov. Ben Ayade changes his disposition, there is nothing anybody<br \/>\ncan do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOtherwise, all representations have been made, but the governor is<br \/>\nholding firm that he never approved their employment,\u2019\u2019 Justice<br \/>\nEffiom-Ita said. (NAN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magistrates in Cross River on Monday blocked the entrance to the governor\u2019s office in Calabar to protest 24 months unpaid salaries. 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