The Kwara State Government has taken temporary measure to ease the burden of public workers in the State following the astronomical hike in transport fare, in response to the removal of subsidy on petrol by the federal government.
In a statement on Monday by the Head of Service, Mrs Susan Modupe Oluwole, the State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazak directed that, beginning from today, the work days be reduced from five days to three days per week for every worker.
She explained that the measure was to relieve the state workers of the hardship being experienced as a result of the fuel subsidy removal announced by the Federal Government.
The statement directed all Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the State to immediately work out a format indicating the alternating work days for each worker under them.
The Head of Service, however, 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.
