The Government of Benue has declared every Friday work-free beginning from Friday, November 11, 2016 to enable civil servants commence harvest of their farm produce.

The decision was reached during the state executive meeting presided over by Governor Samuel Ortom.

A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and ICT, Mr.Tahav Agerzua, said, “The state executive meeting approved that Friday every week be work-free days beginning from November 11, 2016 to end of January next year to enable civil servants  harvest the produce in their farms.”