Governor Rocha's Okorocha reduces civil servant's working days to 3,declares Thursday and Friday for Farming

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    This may go down well with some people and it may not with others.The governor of IMO State has declared there will be only three work.

   

  Inorder to increase the state's internally generated revenue and diversify its economy, the Imo state government has introduced a policy where state civil servants are to work for only three days in the week, Monday to Wednesday while Thursday and Friday, they are to go their farms to cultivate what they would eat. A statement by the state governor, Rochas Okorocha's Chief Press secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, said this strategy  will not affect the salaries of workers. Read the fullstatement shared on the state government's Facebook page below...

   The government of Imo State has introduced a policy tagged“BACK TO LANDFOR AGRICULTURE” to enable the state engage and invest heavily in agriculture forself-sustenance since from all indications the state can no longer depend on monthly allocation for survival. The governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha disclosed the “Back To Land For Agriculture” policy of the state governmentwhen traditional rulers from the state operating under the aegis of Royal fathers in Agriculture paid him courtesy call at the Government House Owerri on Monday, August 1, 2016. He said, the State Executive Council has given approval to the new policy. Against the backdrop of the “Back to Land for Agriculture” Programme, the governor directed that public servants in the state would now work from Mondays to Wednesdays, and use Thursdays and Fridays for agriculture (farming) while Saturdays can be used for ceremonies. And the directive takes effect from Monday August 1, 2016. However, thegovernor exempted public servants on essential duties like the teachers, nurses, doctors and people involved in Internally Generated Revenue drive. Political appointees are also exempted from the three-days working periods. The governor added “we shall try this programme for the period of one year, starting from 1st of August 2016 and hopefully this will help. Let me make this emphasis before it is misconstrued or misrepresented, that this does not in any way affect the salaries of the workers. Workers will get their full salaries as been the practice. So the policydoes not mean that there will be a cut in salary rather let us now find a way for our workers to supplement their salaries”. He continued “for this reason the issue of annual leave and casual leave is hereby cancelled. Resumption time for work has changed from 8am to 7.30am in the morning and ends by 4pm. Any worker thatis not found on his or her seat between 7.30am and 4pm on the days concerned will be summarily dismissed”. “Everybody must go back to agriculture. Every politicalappointee must own a farm. The youths would also be encouraged to take to agriculture. Schools including Universities,Polytechnics and Secondary schools in the state must own farms. The CommunityGovernment Council (CGC) must be strengthened for the sake of this agricultural programme”. “Two billion naira(N2b) has been set aside at the micro-finance bank for the purpose of this Back To Land For Agriculture policy so that those willing can access it. And time is gone again when politicians and some Imolites will come to government in the pretence of farming and collect loans and use it to buy cars and marry new wives”. “Again, the June and July Salaries would be paid this week. We are making sure thatour workers are comfortable and our pensioners are happy because this is one area the whole nation is having a serious challenge. Our problem is not being unableto pay salaries but paying over-bloated salaries. We are also making effort to pay our pensioners once the harmonization is over”. “I also want to announce that government has appealed to families and those who organize burials on Mondays toWednesdays to please change and have their burials on Saturdays so that we can concentrate on the government’s work andon the agricultural programme. “Everythingthat has to do with agriculture no matter what shape it comes, government will support it. So many countries are going through economic crisis because of the fall in oil. Our nation is also going through very difficult moment. We have taken responsibility as leaders and we are not blaming anyone. Wise nations and leaders save for the rainy days. There were periodsthe oil price was in our favour. But those incharge then blew the money. They made no savings. Today the oil price globally has crashed and here we are. And we mustfall back to agriculture as the panacea” Governor Okorocha stated.

 Sam Onwuemeodo Chief Press Secretary to the Governor 

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