Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has announced the approval of Friday every week in June and July, 2016 would be made a work free day to enable workers in the state to work on their farms.
Governor Samuel Ortom, who chaired the 16th session of the meeting at which the decision was taken, explained that the objective was to enable as many workers as possible to produce food to feed their families in the current economic downturn which has made the regular payment of salaries a major challenge.
Governor Ortom announced that the work free day would commence from Friday, June 10, 2016, and would last till the end of July, 2016.
A statement by the state commissioner of Information, Odeh Ageh, on Thursday, June 9, 2016 said Governor Ortom also announced that he would take a two-week vacation which was part of his annual leave from Monday, June 13th to work on his farm while the deputy governor, Benson Abounu, would act on his behalf during the period.
