Work resumes in Osun after New Year celebration
Workers in Osun on Tuesday resumed work after observing Monday as the New Year holiday.
Supreme News reports that commercial banks and other commercial establishments in Osogbo, the state capital, that were closed for the New Year holiday were equally opened for business activities.
At the state secretariat in Abere, Osogbo, workers were at their duty posts with some of them seen cleaning their offices to start working.
Some offices at the secretariat were, however, still sparsely occupied with some workers spotted just resuming work.
Mr Oladele Emmanuel, a staff at the state secretariat, said that all workers were expected to resume on Jan. 2, to start a new year’s work, except when such date(s) fall on weekend.
“All civil servant know that a new calendar starts after the Jan. 1 public holiday, so no one has any excuse for not resuming today.
“Those that have not resumed yet are probably on their way from where they travelled to for the celebration, but in all, every staff of the secretariat are expected to resume today, to avoid query or sanction,” he said
When the correspondent visited some Federal Government establishments in Osogbo, most workers were at their duty posts with similar scenario at the Osun State House of Assembly and Federal High Court, Osogbo.
A staff of a federal agency, Mr Wale Obafemi, said it would amount to lack dedication for any worker to abstain from work on the first working day of the year.
Obafemi explained that starting the first day job in a new year is a hallmark of commitment and dedication to duty, saying “one’s work is his/her pride” and nobody should toy with his/her job.
“We all pray for a better life and good things in every new year but how we start the year sometimes determine the kind of year we will have.
“2023 was a tough and rough year for so many people, and as we all pray for a better year this year, we have to put in our own best efforts to achieve it as we work diligently for God to reward us,” he said.
He said he believes that Nigeria would be better and great again, and that God would restore her glory.
He urged Nigerians to always pray for the country and stop speaking ill of her.
