COVID-19: FG directs civil servants on levels 12, 13 to resume work
The Head of the
Civil Service of the Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan, gave the directive in a
circular on Monday in Abuja.
Currently, only
workers on Grade Level 14 and above go to offices, and work for just three days
in a week, as part of measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19.
Mrs Yemi-Esan, in
the circular, said that workers affected would resume work from Monday to
Friday, and be in office from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. as usual.
The new development
follows a directive by the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19, urging
workers to resume full working hours and days.
The PTF had,
however, said that consideration must be given to the health implication of the
number to recall for duties, in the light of the extant guidelines on the
measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Mrs Yemi-Esan asked
chief executive officers to ensure full compliance with the directives on the
COVID-19 pandemic preventive measures, including physical distancing, regular
washing and/or sanitising of hands and wearing of face masks.
She said that
efforts should be made to avoid overcrowding in individual offices.
Mrs Yemi-Esan said
that where the number of staff resuming work was large, permanent secretaries
and chief executive officers should consider the option of duty rosters.
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