Governor Nasir El-Rufai made this known when the new executive members of the Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture paid him a courtesy call at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House.
The governor clarified that the transition to the four-day working week does not come with any decrease in salary or allowances, adding that Kaduna state government believes that when people rest more and have time with their families, their productivity will increase. He however said that the government will work out how the new four day working week will be implemented in the private sector without imperiling the business climate.El-Rufai also said that public schools have also migrated to the four-day working week but advised that teachers should give pupils and students enough homework to occupy them during the elongated weekend.
‘’I would also like to continue our engagement with the Organised Private Sector to implement the four-day work week that we have started this year in the public sector. We do not want to legislate anything without adequate consultation and an adequate transition period for the private sector. ‘’We have increased the working hours by one hour every day, so that we gain another four hours from the lost hours of Friday, which was a half day anyway. So, we are not losing much. We have increased school hours by one hour. But teachers must give extra homework so that they keep busy in the three days weekend,’’ he added.
This is senseless. If you are a farmer running your own farm, will you work for four days ?
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