The Lagos State Government has declared four work-free days for public servants in the state to collect their Permanent Voters Cards from their respective Local Governments/Local Council Development Areas.
The Lagos State Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, confirmed this in a circular issued on Wednesday, in which he stated that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu graciously approved the work-free day for public servants.
Muri-Okunola stated that the work-free day would begin on Tuesday, January 24, and end on Friday, January 27, 2023, for various grade levels of government employees.
The Head of Service in the circular said: “Consequent upon the extension of the collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards by the Independent National Electoral Commission, it is hereby notified for the general information that all public servants who are yet to collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards from designated INEC Centres are encouraged to do so before Sunday, January 29, 2023, as it is a civic responsibility to vote.
“To this end, Mr Governor has graciously approved a work-free day to enable public servants to collect their PVCs from their respective local government/local council development areas as presented in the table below.”
The work-free days are scheduled for Tuesday, January 24, 2023, for grade levels 01, 03, 07, and 15; Wednesday, January 25, 2023, for grade levels 02, 04, 08, and 13; Thursday, January 26, 2023, for grade levels 05, 09, 12, and 17; and Friday, January 27, 2023, for grade levels 06, 10, 14, and 16.
Muri-Okunola said accounting officers should excuse their officers in their respective grade levels on the designated days.
He said, “Consequently, accounting officers and all public servants are to ensure compliance whilst giving this circular the service-wide publicity it deserves.”