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

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

 


 
 

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