The Kaduna State government on Monday announced that it will
commence the transition to a four-day working week from December 1, 2021.
The move, which will permit public servants to work from
home for one day per week, is a measure designed to help boost productivity,
improve work-life balance and enable workers to have more time for their
families, for rest and for agriculture.
Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication,
Muyiwa Adekeye disclosed this in a statement titled ‘KDSG Begins Transition To
Four-day Working Week From 1st December 2021.’
According to the statement which read in part, “The measure also reflects lessons learnt from managing the Covid-19 pandemic which required significant relaxations of old working traditions and the ascendance of virtual and remote working arrangements.
“A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House stated that the
Kaduna State Government will begin implementation of the transitional
arrangements in the public service of the state from 1st December 2021. From
that date, working hours for public servants hours 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.
“Senior officials are working on detailed guidelines to
ensure that the emergency services and the education and health systems in the
state continue to deliver services 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the
transition and beyond. The government will also ramp up its efforts to give
public servants access to digital devices and platforms to enable them work
effectively from home. Given the significant investments the state government
is making in ICT, it will ensure that most of its automated services deliver
the levels of performance required to give citizens seamless access.
“The state government expects the required legal and
regulatory framework to be in place by January 2022. 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.”
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