Fuel subsidy: No plans to reduce work days, says FG

<p>Head of the Service of the Federation, Folasade Yemi-Esan, has said the federal government has no plan to reduce work days over the increase in the price of petrol due to the removal of petrol subsidy.</p>, <p>Yemi-Esan said this on Tuesday in Abuja during a parley with media executives as part of activities marking the 2023 Civil Service Week.</p>, <p>The theme of the event is ‘Digitalisation of Work Processes in the Public Service: A Gateway to Efficient Resource Utilization and National Development’.</p>, <p>According Yemi-Esan, the current administration was working on palliatives that would sustain civil servants and all Nigerians.</p>, <p>“We don’t have any plans to reduce working days for civil servants in view of the hike in PMS and cost of transportation. However, a committee has been set up to look into this,” Yemi-Esan said.</p>, <p>“The committee is currently working on getting gas-powered buses to convey civil servants to and fro. We’re also working on the conversion of some vehicles from PMS into gas. Also, the minimum wage is also being reviewed.”</p>, <p>She said the ongoing verification exercise for civil servants across the MDAs had captured 69,854 officers across the six geopolitical zones.</p>, <p>The head of service stated that the verification exercise under the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Personnel Information System was to remove ghost workers and retain credibly employed civil servants.</p>, <p>Also, she disclosed that the verification exercise had led to the detection of 1,618 fake or illegal employment letters and the subsequent suspension of the officers.</p>