President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Didi Esther Walson-Jack, as the new Head of the Civil Service (HoS) of the Federation.
Presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
Ngelale said Walson-Jack’s appointment will take effect on August 14, 2024.
The presidential spokesman stated that the outgoing HoS, Folasade Yemi-Esan, is set to retire from the civil service on August 13.
“Mrs Walson-Jack was appointed as Federal Permanent Secretary in 2017 and has served in several ministries,” the statement reads.
“The new appointee will take over from the incumbent Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, CFR, who is due to retire on August 13, 2024.
“President Tinubu, while thanking the outgoing Head of Service for her stewardship, tasks the incoming Head of Service to discharge her duties with innovative flair, integrity, and stringent adherence to the extant rules and regulations of the Civil Service of the Federation.”
Walson-Jack holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Lagos. She was called to the bar in 1987.
Before joining the Federal Civil Service, she was the solicitor-general of Bayelsa and also served as the permanent secretary of the state ministry of justice.
She was first appointed as a permanent secretary in 2017 by former President Muhammadu Buhari and deployed to the office of the head of the civil service of the federation.
She had served as permanent secretary at the ministries of Niger Delta Affairs, Power, Water Resources and Sanitation, and Education.
In 2023, she was conferred with the national honour of the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON).
She is married to Nimi Walson-Jack, a former general secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
