The Ekiti State government has declared Friday, June 19, a work-free day for all public servants in the state.

A statement on Thursday by the permanent secretary to the head of service, Janet Ajibola, said the work-free holiday was declared to enable workers in the state to travel to their respective voting centres in preparation for the governorship election scheduled for June 20.

The directive was addressed to all commissioners, special advisers, the secretary to the state government, permanent secretaries, the clerk of the house, heads of tertiary institutions, the registrar of the high court of justice, general managers, executive secretaries and heads of extra-ministerial and non-ministerial departments.

“His Excellency, the Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, has graciously declared Friday, 19th June, 2026, as a work-free day for all public servants across the state,” the statement read.

“For the purpose of public safety and continuity of essential services, hospitals and health centres, fire service departments and other essential service providers are exempted and shall continue to provide appropriate services,” it added.

The permanent secretary urged all heads of the exempted essential institutions to ensure uninterrupted service delivery during the election period.

Ms Ajibola tasked the chief executive officers and accounting officers across the state parastatals with ensuring compliance and the wide dissemination of the directive.