The Court of Appeal headquaters in Abuja has locked out its workers for coming to work late.
The incident happened on Thursday, two days after workers resumed from the two-day Christmas holiday.
The decision was taken based on a directive by the President of the Court, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, according to a report by The Punch.
Most of the workers, who were still in a holiday mood, resumed work on Thursday around 10am, instead of the official resumption time of 8am.
Many of the workers are believed to have travelled to their hometowns without permission.
Justice Dongban-Mensem was said to have directed that all those who came late be locked out while those present were to sign an attendance register.
Those absent will be issued queries, the report said.
“Justice Dongban-Mensem did something similar during the Sallah but a lot of Muslims accused her of being too harsh. So, she is also doing it now during Christmas so that they will know she is not partial,” one of the workers said.
“We have been made to sign the attendance register while those absent will be issued with query letters. The truth is that during extended holidays like this one we just witnessed, many people travel to their hometowns without permission and fail to show up at work,” he said.
