Fuel subsidy: Kwara workers to work three days per week

Fuel subsidy: Kwara workers to work three days per week 

The Kwara State Government on Monday announced that all workers are now to work for three days instead of five.

It said the action was taken to ease the financial burden of state workers in moving to their places of work daily.

This follows the sudden increase in transport fares after the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government.

This is contained in a statement issued by Murtala Atoyebi, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazak.

The statement read in part, “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.

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

Oluwole therefore directed all heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to immediately work out a format indicating the alternating work days for each worker under them.

She warned the workers not to abuse the magnanimity of the governor, stressing that the regular monitoring of the MDAs by her office would be intensified to ensure strict compliance.