The Lagos State Government has given public employees a four-day work-free week so they may pick up their Permanent Voter Cards in their respective local government/local council development zones in the state.
According to the head of service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, who verified the news in a circular sent on Wednesday, the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, kindly approved the work-free day for the public personnel.
He stated that the work-free day will begin on Tuesday, January 24, and finish on Friday, January 27, 2023, for various grade levels of public sector personnel.
Muri-Okunola said, “Consequent upon the extension of the collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards by the Independent National Electoral Commission, it is hereby notified for the general information that all public servants who are yet to collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards from designated INEC Centers are encouraged to do so before Sunday, January 29, 2023, as it is a civic responsibility to vote.
“To this end, Mr Governor has graciously approved a work-free day to enable public servants to collect their PVCs from their respective local government/local council development areas as presented in the table below.”
see days off from work Lagos Public employees may collect PVC.
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 at the appropriate grade levels.
