The Lagos government has declared a four-day work-free exercise starting from Tuesday the 26th of July through Friday in a bid to ensure that all public workers in the state register for and collect their Permanent Voter Cards before the deadline pegged at July 30, 2022.
Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the state Head of Service disclosed the development in a statement yesterday elucidating that the officers are to return to work with their PVCs after the break.
According to Muri-Okunola, workers on Grade Levels 01, 03, 07 and 15 are exempted from work on Tuesday while Wednesday is for those on GL 02, 04, 08 and 13; Thursday is for GL 05, 09, 12 and 17; and Friday is for GL 06, 10, 14 and 16.
The statement read, “It is the civic responsibility of every citizen to participate in the electoral process of her country. Therefore, all public servants are encouraged to partake in the upcoming year 2023 general elections.
“Consequently, it is notified for general information that all public servants who are yet to register for or collect their Permanent Voter Cards from designated Independent National Electoral Commission centres are advised to do so before the deadline date of July 30, 2022.
“To this end, Mr Governor has graciously approved a work-free for public servants to enable them to process/collect their PVCs from their respective Local Governments/Local Council Development Areas. “Officers are expected to return to work with their voter cards after this exercise.
Written by Adekunle Biodun