Fuel Price Increase: Kwara Govt reduces civil servants’ workdays

The Kwara State Government has mandated that all civil servants only put in three full days of work each week.

Mrs. Susan Oluwole, the state’s Head of Service, said in a statement that the decision was a temporary measure, taken to ease the burden of public workers in the State, following a hike in transport fares occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy. The statement was signed by Murtala Atoyebi, her press secretary.

The following is an excerpt from the statement that was released: “The Kwara State Government has taken temporary measures to ease the burden of public workers in the State following the astronomical hike in transport fare.”

“The State Head of Service, Mrs. Susan Modupe Oluwole, announced today that the State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has directed that the work days be reduced from five days per week to three days per week for every worker. “The State Head of Service”

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“She explained that the measure was taken in order to relieve the hardship that was being experienced by the workers of the state as a result of the Federal Government’s announcement that it would remove the fuel subsidy,”

Mrs. Oluwole issued a directive to all of the heads of ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) in the state, instructing them to immediately devise a format indicating the alternating work days for each worker under their supervision.

“However, the Head of Service warned the workers not to abuse the magnanimity of the Governor, stressing that the regular monitoring of MDAs by her office would be intensified to ensure strict compliance,” The phrase “The Head of Service, however, warned the workers not to abuse the magnanimity of the Governor”