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Work days have been reduced from five days to three per week for every worker in Kwara state,
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The directive was given by the Kwara state government on Monday.
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This according to the government is following the astronomical hike in transport fares.
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This is contained in a statement in Ilorin, by Murtala Atoyebi, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazak.
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The State Head of Service, Mrs Susan Oluwole, therefore directed all Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies to immediately work out a format indicating the alternating work days for each worker under them.
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Oluwole said that the government took the temporary measure to ease the burden on public workers in the state.
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She also said that it was part of measures to relieve the state workers of the hardship being experienced as a result of the fuel subsidy removal announced by the Federal Government.
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She, 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.
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