LAGOS CIVIL SERVANTS TO WORK FROM OFFICE THREE DAYS A WEEK – SANWO-OLU
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced that Lagos State civil servants from Levels 1 to 14 will physically come to work three times a week and work virtually the other two days in an effort to relieve the state’s financial strain, as Nigerians bemoan the country’s high cost of living crisis.
The governor also announced a 25% decrease on all state public transport during a media meeting on Thursday.
Sanwo-Olu said, “The first thing that we will be doing in the state going forward is that we want to start with our own public servants, to say that even the challenges that we’ve seen now, can we be creative and have flexible working hours?
“So, immediately from next week, we are working out a plan where civil servants from Level 1 to 14 will come to the office maximum three times a week. Not that any form of government will be shut down; it will be all calendarised and it will be schedule.
“Level 15 to 17 will miss work a day. What are we trying to achieve? We are seeking to achieve a process whereby people will even slow down and reduce the pressure on the work environment.”
According to Sanwo-Olu, the state administration prefers not to have a “charged, aggravated workforce,” which is why a hybrid work schedule that minimises the number of days employees physically report to work is a possibility.
According to him, the action will ease traffic congestion and ease the financial strain on labourers. In recent weeks, protests against the hardships faced by Nigerians—food inflation, high living expenses, and other harsh living conditions brought on by the removal of petrol subsidies, the forex crisis, and other issues—have rocked Ogun, Oyo, Kano, Niger, and other parts of the country.
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