Ahead of the Easter celebration, civil servants in Kwara State were thrown into jubilant mood as the state government commenced the payment of their April salaries.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the workers started receiving bank alerts for their April salaries since the evening of Thursday, a development that caught them unawares.
The pensioners were not left behind as some of them have also received bank alerts for the payment of their pensions.
Some of the civil servants who spoke with LEADERSHIP in Ilorin, the state capital on Friday, confirmed the receipt of their April salaries.
They praised the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for prioritising the welfare of workers and pensioners at all times.
A civil servant, Mrs Victoria Afolayan, confirmed that she received the bank alert for the payment of her salary on Thursday.
Another civil servant, Malam Saheed Shehu, also confirmed that he had been paid his April salary.
They said the payment of the April salaries at this time would enable the Christian civil servants celebrate Easter with their family without a hitch.
The chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state, Comrade Murtala Olayinka, thanked the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for the gesture.
“At a time like this, workers are always stranded financially because this is the middle of the month and the salary may not come. So, if salaries are not paid, how would the civil servants and their families celebrate Easter? This is why we thank Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his thoughtfulness in paying workers’ salaries at this time,” Olayinka stated.
