A commissioner at the Kwara State Civil Service Commission, Mrs Dorcas Afeniforo, is dead.
She died on Saturday in an accident on her way back from Lagos.
She was a former commissioner for Women Affairs and top loyalist of Governor AbdulRazaq.
Her death was announced in a statement issued by Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary, the state governor on Sunday
It described the death of the late women development advocate as shocking and painful.
“The development is shocking and painful. It is a huge loss to the progressive family in the state. Mrs Afeniforo will always be remembered for her fine legacies as a foremost women development advocate and her contributions to the development of the state,” the governor said in a statement.
“We commiserate with the family of Mrs Afeniforo and with the good people of Baruten and Kwara north whom she represented at the CSC until her death. We pray to God to grant comfort to the family she left behind,” the statement said.
