As part of palliatives to cushion the effects of the subsidy removal, Kwara State Government has taken temporary measure to ease the burden of public workers in the State by reducing the work days in a week to three.
This is contain in a press release made available to Journalists in Ilorin the State capital by the Press Secretary to the Head of Service, Murtala Atoyebi which reveals that the State Head of Service, Susan Oluwole has announced that the State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazak has directed that the work days be reduced from five days to three days per week for every worker noting 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.
Oluwole however 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 further 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.
