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The president of Gambia has said all workers will have three-day weekends from February 1st. President Yayha Jammeh has Friday to the weekend of Saturday and Sunday. He wants people to , rest more and pray. However, he also announced that government would work from 8am to 6pm Mondays to Thursdays. In : "Schools, banks and all other places are free to work on Saturdays.” This means that people may have weekends, and work an extra 10 hours a week. Government workers currently work from 8am to 4pm. Working until 6pm means eight hours , which could become ten if they have to work on Saturdays too.

The president said the new working hours would, “ Gambians to more time to prayers, social activities and agriculture”. He said people could, “go back to the land and what we eat and eat what we grow for a healthy and nation”. Gambia’s ‘Freedom Newspaper’ the president’s idea. It said the three-day weekend, “is going to [have a bad] on the economy and the country. Many workers…are worried that the changes are going to problems for them.” The paper added: “Gambia’s and infrastructure have collapsed thanks to Jammeh’s leadership.” Gambia is the smallest nation on the African , with a population of just 1.8 million.

 


 
 

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