{"id":28566,"date":"2020-08-11T15:50:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T15:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=28566"},"modified":"2020-08-11T15:50:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T15:50:48","slug":"nigerian-govt-issues-new-directives-to-civil-servants-over-resumption-of-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerian-govt-issues-new-directives-to-civil-servants-over-resumption-of-work","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian govt issues new directives to civil servants over resumption of work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has directed civil servants on Grade Levels 12 and 13, as well as those on important duties to resume full work.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, gave the directive in a circular on Monday in Abuja, NAN reports.<\/p>\n<p>Presently, only workers on Grade Level 14 and above go to offices, and work for just 3 days a week, as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Yemi-Esan, in the circular, said, \u201cWorkers affected would resume work from Monday to Friday, and be in the office from 8 am to 4 pm as usual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new development shadows a directive by the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19, asking workers to resume full working hours and days.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria The Federal Government has directed civil servants on Grade Levels 12 and 13, as well as those on important duties to resume full work. 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