The Kaduna State Government has said it will commence a transition to a four working day in a week from Wednesday 1 December.
In the interim, the government will permit public servants to work from home for one day per week”, said Muyiwa Adekeye, special adviser on media to Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
In a statement Adekeye said the shortened week is designed to help boost productivity, improve work-life balance and enable workers to have more time for their families.
It is also designed to help them rest and have time for agriculture.
Adekeye said from 1 December, working hours for public servants are adjusted to 8am-5pm, Monday to Friday.
“However, all public servants, other than those in schools and healthcare facilities, will work from home on Fridays. This interim working arrangement will subsist until the government is ready to move to the next stage of the transition which will culminate in the four-day week across all MDAs in the state.
“The state government expects the required legal and regulatory framework to be in place by January 2022.T
“This will also enable the organised private sector to engage with the process and agree a longer transition period to a four-day working week”, Adekeye said.
