The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has ordered the immediate payment of outstanding two months salaries to civil servants.

Governor Ahmed’s directive followed the state government’s receipt of the bail out funds from the Federal Government.

It would be recalled that Kwara State was one of the only two states to have complied with the paperwork for accessing a bail out loan from the Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN).

Gov. Ahmed, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant, Media and Communications, Dr. Muyideen Akorede, thanked the civil servants  for their patience during the salary delay and pledged that his administration’s renewed Internal Generated Revenue (IGR) drive, would ensure that the state government continued to meet its obligations, chief of which are payment of salaries and development projects promptly.

Alhaji Ahmed assured workers that salary arrears at local government councils will also be cleared as soon as the paperwork is completed and the necessary funds received from the Federal Government as agreed.

He empathised with the workers for the hardship caused by the delayed salaries and expressed optimism that the country will soon overcome the economic crises that led to the salary delay across the country.