Cabinet has today (14) given approval for a Cabinet paper submitted regarding declaring Friday as a holiday for government employees except essential services from this week up to 03 month period due to the current fuel shortage .
According to the government this holiday will not apply to the essential services including Health ,transport ,Power and Energy ,Education ,Water ,Electricity ,Defense Port and Air services .Cabinet has also decided to provide enough facilities to government sector employees to engage in cultivate activities in their backyards on Friday's in view of facing a food shortage in future.
Cabinet has also decided to provide no pay leave for government employees up to five years to engage in foreign employment ,