The Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), has rejected Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai’s four-day work week for civil servants in the State, alleging a hidden agenda in the policy.
Recall that on Monday, el-Rufa’i had announced that the State government would begin implementing the transitional arrangement in the public service starting from December 1.
Reacting through an issued statement yesterday, the CAN’s State chairman, Rev. John Joseph-Hayab, lamented that citizens of the State had been subjected to pains by the governor’s ‘unpopular policies’.
Hayab, therefore, advised civil servants in the State not to celebrate the policy yet until they were convinced that there was no hidden agenda behind it.
He said: “Workers must be sure that the policy is not aimed at reducing their salaries. They must be convinced that the government will not wake up one day with another shocking news of salary reduction since the five-day working days have been reduced to four”.
It further queried, “How can a State which is not secured talk about giving workers time for agriculture and be with family when bandits are moving about freely, terrorising people in their homes, on the farms, and on the highways!
“How can one spend time with family when one has nothing to feed them or provide for their basic needs?”
