According to the governor, the work-free day was expedient because of the importance of the coming elections in the life of the people.
He pointed out that the most important process in the coming general elections was the registration and possession of a voters' card.
He said the desired prosperity and the brighter rewarding future being sought after by the people, both for themselves and for their children, would be determined by their willingness or otherwise to sacrifice time to key into the election process by collecting their Permanent Voters' Cards for the elections.
"The prosperity and the brighter rewarding future that we all seek, for ourselves and our children over the next four years, will be determined by what we do in the next few days," Fashola said.
In the same vein, the Ogun State government on Wednesday declared Friday, November 7, as work-free day to enable residents get their Permanent Voters Cards PVCs.
The exercise, initiated by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is to last three days and would enable citizens who registered in the previous exercise to turn their Temporary Voters Cards TVCs to PVC.
The collection of PVCs is scheduled to commence between the hours of 8.00 am to 4.00 pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Those eligible to collect the PVCS are registered voters including citizens who lost the TVCs but have their details on the database.
INEC also explained that all prospective voters must be physically present at the collection centres to get their cards as there will be no collection by proxy.
The Ogun State Government said it is committed to ensuring that every resident exercises his or her civic responsibility.
The government advised all residents to take advantage of the work-free day and the weekend to partake in the crucial exercise of obtaining their PVCs adding that the presentation of the card is a pre-condition for all transactions with Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, including schools, in the state.
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