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While researching the African primates' response to the US Episcopal Church's General Convention, I happened across this , on an entirely different subject, concerning a recent speech by the Rt. Rev Duke Akamisoko, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Zonkwa. Bishop Akamisoko chastises his fellow citizens for being lazy and idle:

In Nigeria we have the following rest days: 52 Sundays, 52 Saturdays, 2 days for Eid-El- Kabir, 2 days for Eid-El Fitri, 2 days for Christmas, 2 days for Easter, 1 day for EI-Maulud and 1 day for Democracy Day. 1 day for Independence celebration, 1 day for workers day and 1 day for Children's day. That totals 117 days for holidays. Imagine 117 days instead of 52 days for rest! This is official for every Nigerian.

Continuing, the bishop showed from official figures that civil servants have even more official days off: a total of 159 days of holiday. Nice if you can get it. The bishop has called on the government to significantly reduce the number of public holidays across the nation's workforce. I can't imagine a politician (or a church leader for that matter) with the audacity to make that kind of unpopular argument in public in Europe or America.