Serve Nigeria with integrity, Tinubu tells Walson-Jack

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By Jimisayo Opanuga

12 August 2024 | 9:19 pm

President Bola Tinubu has called on the new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Esther Didi Walson-Jack, to serve the nation with integrity and transparency. Tinubu gave this advice during Walson-Jack's swearing-in ceremony on Monday in Abuja, before the Federal Executive Council meeting. Tinubu's spokesperson, Bayo Ononuga, who disclosed this in a statement…

President Bola Tinubu has called on the new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Esther Didi Walson-Jack, to serve the nation with integrity and transparency.

Tinubu gave this advice during Walson-Jack’s swearing-in ceremony on Monday in Abuja, before the Federal Executive Council meeting.

Tinubu’s spokesperson, Bayo Ononuga, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said the president praised Walson-Jack’s predecessor, Folashade Yemi-Esan, describing her tenure as exceptional.

In her remarks to the media, according to Ononuga, Walson-Jack thanked the president for the confidence he reposed in her.

“I must also thank the outgone HoS, Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan, for her mentorship and guidance throughout my career. I look forward to building on the existing reforms in a way that will bring innovation and creativity so that the civil service can be more effective and efficient to deliver on the Renewed Hope Agenda,” Walson-Jack said.

Walson-Jack holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Lagos and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987.

Her public service career commenced as a state counsel in Rivers State in 1992, and she later rose to the position of Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa State.

In 2009, she joined the Federal Civil Service and was appointed Permanent Secretary in 2017. She is an Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) and an alumna of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation is the author of the novel, *Roses in the Thorns*.

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