The Yobe State Government has officially reduced working hours to enable civil servants, particularly Muslims to close early in order to prepare adequately for breaking of fast daily.
A statement made available to newsmen today, Wednesday in Damaturu, by the spokesman to the State Head of Civil Service, Hussaini Mai Sule, indicated that the working hours now run between 8:00am and 3:00pm daily, Mondays to Thursdays while on Fridays, work will last between 8:00am and 12:30pm.
“The reduction of the official working hours is only for the Ramadan period”, Sule noted.
According to the statement, Governor Ibrahim Gaidam called on people of the state to pray for peaceful coexistence in the state and the country at large, while wishing the Muslim faithful a fruitful Ramadan.
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