Wild jubilation in Calabar as workers get alerts for May salary

There was wild jubilation in Calabar, on Sunday, as the state Governor, Professor Ben Ayade stunned labour leaders and workers when he announced the payment of salaries for the month of May on the first day of the month. Governor Ben Ayade A mild drama immediately ensued when the workers who were at the U.J. Esuene Stadium for the May Day celebration each began to receive salary payment alert from their various banks. Unable to contain the excitement, shouts of  Alert! Alert!, rent the stadium as the workers went into a frenzy, singing the praises of the governor. Before now, the governor had paid salaries between the 13th and 20th day of each month. Ayade told the workers, who named him the Best Labour Friendly Governor in Nigeria, that his administration had a duty to give workers in the state a sense of dignity.