Governor Ben Ayade of Cross Rivers State on Sunday, May 1, 2016, shocked workers in the state when he announced payment of their May 2016 salary in advance.
The governor, during the May Day celebration in Calabar at the UJ Esuene Stadium, said his administration had a duty to give workers in the state a sense of dignity.
While the ceremony was going on, civil servants at the stadium started receiving bank alerts of theor salaries and in excitement, they shouted, ‘alert, alert, alert’.
In his speech, the governor noted that, “We must create opportunities for labour to feel a sense of dignity.
“If you are truly a Christian, you must know that as you care for your kids, you must care for labour. No infrastructure is more important than labour, which is why in all my programmes, I focus on people.”
Before now, employees on the payroll of the state government received their pay between the 13th and 20th day of each month.
