Kwara promotes 9,175 civil servants in 3 years

The Kwara state government has promoted a total of 9,175 civil servants between 2019 and 2021.

The government has also commenced the 2022 promotion examinations for 2,096 civil servants.

Our correspondent that monitored the interview aspect of the promotion examinations at the premises of the  Civil Service Wednesday noted that the exercise was thorough.

Some of the participants hailed the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for approving the promotion of civil servants with cash backing as and when due.

The trio of Mansurat Rasheed of Ministry of Planning, Bilikis Hameed of Ministry of Women Affairs and Murijanat Yakubu of Ministry of Planning spoke with Blueprint correspondent.

They expressed satisfaction over the conduct of the promotion examinations and their optimism that they would scale through.

Speaking with Blueprint correspondent, the chairman of the Civil Service Commission, Alhaja Habeebat Yusuf, confirmed that the commission has promoted 9,175 since 2019 when the administration of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq came on board.