This is contained in a statement issued in Ilorin on Saturday by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye.
“It is with sadness but absolute trust in the judgment of our creator that we receive the passing of this great bureaucrat and serving Permanent Secretary in the Kwara Ministry of Tertiary Education.
“The sudden death of this hard working and brilliant bureaucrat is a great depletion in the ranks of the state’s workforce, especially the leadership cadre of which she was.
“We send our heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, colleagues and all our dutiful civil servants in the state at this lonely moment.
“We beseech Allah, exalted is He, to grant Hajia Alaya Al-jannah Firdaus and comfort her family.
“We all take solace in her being one of our best whose memory of commitment to duty and service to humanity will remain evergreen,” said AbdulRazaq.