Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State has backtracked on his statement barring civil servants from wearing native attires to work from Mondays to Thursdays.
DAILY NIGERIAN reports that Mr Bago had in a viral video said the government would prevent civil servants from wearing Kaftan and Babanriga to work effective from Monday.
But following the backlash that trailed the directive, Mr Bago said the video was contextually misunderstood and mischievously edited to malign him.
In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, on Monday, the governor said he was only encouraging civil servants to be farmers, noting that to be a good farmer, “you will need to dress smartly to farm”.
The statement reads: “Mr Governor believes that, as a state, we have no reason to be poor because of the enormous agricultural potentials of the state and that his government was already investing heavily in the agricultural revolution, hence the need for all to collectively embrace farming including the civil servants”.
“The governor’s statement did not in any way imply that civil servants now have a dress code to office from Monday to Thursday as erroneously captured in the video making the rounds.
“The governor did not announce or mandate any dress code for the civil servants, rather he meant every professional should be dressed based on the demands of his or her job.
“The viral video was curiously and mischievously edited to malign the Governor stressing that the general public must disregard the clip because the full video clearly defines what he meant.”
He, therefore, advised social media influencers to be mindful and sure of the contents and context of the information they circulate on social media to avoid misrepresentations of facts.
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