Lagos State Government has declared four working days free for civil servants in order for them to obtain their Permanent Voter Card (PVC) from their respective local government/local council development areas across the state.
The announcement was contained in a statement by the state Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola and the work-free day would commence on Tuesday, January 24, and end on Friday, January 27, 2023, for different grade levels of workers in the public service.
The dates include Tuesday, January 24, 2023, for grade levels 01, 03, 07, and 15; Wednesday, January 25, 2023, for grade levels 02, 04, 08 and 13; Thursday, January 26, 2023, for grade levels 05, 09, 12, and 17; and Friday, January 27, 2023, for grade levels 06, 10, 14 and 16.
He added that the work-free days were approved by the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for the public servants to collect their voter cards from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC inorder to participate actively in the forthcoming February, March general polls in the country.
“To this end, Mr Governor has approved the work-free days to enable public servants to collect their PVCs from their respective local government/local council development areas.
Recall that the state Government during the voter registration did same, declaring work-free days for its workers to complete their registration for voter cards.
