Lagos government grants days off from work for PVC collection
For public employees to be able to pick up their Permanent Voter Cards in their respective local government/local council development zones in the state, the Lagos State Government has granted a four-day work-free week.
The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, graciously authorized the work-free day for the public employees, according to the head of service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, who confirmed the news in a circular sent on Wednesday.
He said that for different grade levels of employees in the public sector, the work-free day will start on Tuesday, January 24, and end on Friday, January 27, 2023.
As a result of the Independent National Electoral Commission extending the collection of permanent voters’ cards, Muri-Okunola stated, “All public employees who have not yet picked up their permanent voters’ cards from designated INEC Centers are encouraged to do so before Sunday, January 29, 2023, as it is a civic duty to vote.
In order to facilitate public personnel picking up their PVCs at their respective local governments’ or local councils’ development areas, as shown in the table below, Mr. Governor graciously approved a work-free day.
The dates are January 24, 2023 for grade levels 1, 3, 7, and 15, January 25, 2023 for grade levels 2, 4, and 8, and January 26, 2023 for grade levels 5, 9, 12, and 17, and January 27, 2023 for grade levels 6, 10, and 16.
On the selected days, Muri-Okunola urged accounting officers to excuse their officers in the appropriate grade levels.
As a result, he stated, “accounting officers and all other public employees are to assure compliance while giving this circular the service-wide publicity it deserves.
