Fawaz Adebisi 

Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun State has given consent to the readjustment of workdays for civil servants in the state.

This was made known on Tuesday through a circular from the Office of the Head of Service, Samuel Aina Ayanleye and issued in a statement by Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson of the Osun State Governor.

As gathered, this is in response to the high transportation costs in Nigeria.

Adeleke made this move few weeks after its neighboring state, Ogun state reduced its civil servants workdays to 3 per week.

However, in addition, the circular stated that Ademola also approved an extension of payment of palliatives for public servants for the next two months.

Also, it stated that the action was in pursuance of Governor Adeleke’s commitment to the well-being of workers, and a response to the present economic situation in the Country.

“By this Circular, therefore, and until another directive is given, the working day schedules for Public Servants in the state have been approved as follows:

“Public Servants on GL.01 to GL.10 – Three days a week. Public Servants on GL12 to GL.17 – Four days a week.”

The Circular further noted that the arrangements exclude those on essential duties such as medical personnel, security officers, political office holders and Accounting Officers.

“It is also important to note that arrangements as to which days each public servant in the above categories will be at work shall be arranged by the Accounting Officers in Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government.

“The Governor has also graciously approved the continuation of payment of the agreed palliatives to public servants in the state for the next two months pending the commencement of the new minimum wage.

“All Accounting Officers of Ministries, Departments and Agencies of governments, including local governments, were further directed to comply.”

Fawaz Adebisi

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has assured Nigerians that normalcy will return to the land, preparing to go into his seven days seclusion.

The monarch, in a statement through his spokesperson, Moses Olafare on Monday said the rite is the most sacred moment for him on the throne which he utilises to interact with his ancestors and pray for the people, the Oduduwa race worldwide, as well as mankind in general.

According to the statement, Ogunwusi stressed that his major request during the rite would be the betterment of the people in the country.

He said,”this time around, I want To pray and seek for the face of our Creator to intervene on the current economic situation.

“Things are very tough and people are feeling the hardship, I want to pray for all and sundry and specially urge the youths to exercise patience so that we will not used our hands to destroy our country.

“I know that people are passing through difficult periods in which they are not finding life easy and truly this is a challenging period.

“But I know that after this festival, normalcy will return to the country, as the problems we’re facing will soon come to an end,” Ooni said.

Also, he urged the government to be diligent in serving the populace by making bountiful dividends of democracy for the citizenry.

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has mocked the result of Labour Party’s during the Edo State governorship election. 

According to the results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, LP’s governorship candidate, Olumide Akpata scored a paltry 22,000 votes in the election.

Reacting to this on Monday, Omokri took to his X page to compare the results to that of a Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB score.

He wrote, “I saw something online yesterday, and it looked like a JAMB score. And I said to myself that JAMB released results four months ago in May. Why am I seeing a JAMB result on September 22nd?”

This comment, from him, has therefore sparked reactions from his followers, with some sharing the joke while others defended the party’s electoral performance.