Fuel Subsidy Removal: Edo Civil Servants To Work 3 Days A Week

The Edo state government has cut working days for civil servants to three days a week, to cushion the hardship occasioned by the fuel subsidy removal by the federal government.

Fuel ⛽ prices have increased astronomically, following announcement of the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu.

The government in a statement signed by Governor Godwin Obaseki himself, sympathized with the entire people of the state on the rise in prices of goods and services and overall cost of living.

The statement reads:

“The Edo State Government shares the pains of our people and wants to assure everyone that we are standing with them in these very challenging times.

"We want to reassure our people that we will do all within our powers as a subnational government to reduce the pains and ameliorate the sufferings our people are currently facing in the wake of the current realities.

"To lower the rising cost of energy on our people, we will continue to work with the electricity companies in the State to improve power supply to homes and businesses.

“Similarly, fibre optic connections are being made available to help our people work remotely, thereby reducing their cost of transportation.

“While government intensifies these efforts to alleviate the burden of the fuel price increase on the people during this very challenging period, we want to call on everyone to remain calm and go about their daily businesses lawfully."