Gwamnatin Tarayya ta Amurka ta sanar cewa ranar Kirsimati ta shekara ta 2024, wacce ke da ranar 24 ga Disamba, za ta zama hutu ga ma’aikata na hukumomin tarayya. Sanarwar da Shugaba Joe Biden ya yi ta hanyar oda ta zartarwa, ta bayyana cewa ‘dukkan sashen zartarwa da hukumomin gwamnatin tarayya za su rufe kuma ma’aikatan su za aza daga aiki ranar Talata, 24 ga Disamba, 2024, ranar da ke gab da ranar Kirsimati’.
Wannan shawarar ta zo ne a lokacin da yawan ma’aikata na gwamnati ke neman hutu don yin bukukuwa a lokacin Kirsimati. Duk da haka, wasu ma’aikata na gwamnati za su ci gaba da aiki saboda bukatun tsaron ƙasa, tsaro, ko bukatun jama’a.
Shugaba Biden bai samu damar yin haka ba har zuwa yanzu, amma shugabannin baya kamar Donald Trump da Barack Obama sun kuma bayar da ranar hutu ga ma’aikata a lokacin Kirsimati. Trump ya bayar da ranar hutu a shekarun 2018, 2019, da 2020, yayin da Obama ya bayar da ranar hutu a ranar 26 ga Disamba, 2014.
A Nijeriya, gwamnatin tarayya ta kuma sanar da ranar hutu don bukukuwan Kirsimati, Boxing Day, da Sabuwar Shekara. Ministan cikin gida, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, ya sanar cewa ranar Laraba, 25 ga Disamba; Alhamis, 26 ga Disamba; da ranar Laraba, 1 ga Janairu, 2025, za a yi hutu.
