By Uche Onyeali
President Bola Tinubu on Monday, swore in Mrs Esther Walson-Jack as the Head of Civil Service, HoS, of the Federation.
The ceremony took place before the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, which culminated in a valedictory session held in honour of the immediate past HoS, Folashade Yemi-Esan.
At the event, President Tinubu tasked the public service to be dedicated to work, hailing Yemi-Esan for her commitment to work.
“Dr Yemi Esan must be thanked for her very exceptional tenure as the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and we must learn from her commitment to duty, loyalty, and great vision, she served our nation exceptionally well with more commitment to duty, loyalty and great vision with distinction guiding the civil service rule with significant transformation and reforms.
“Her dedication to enhancing efficiency, transparency her professionalism has set a high standard for public administration in Nigeria.
“She steps down we expressed our deep gratitude for her unwavering commitment and the significant impact she has made in our country,” the president said.
After the swearing-in, Walson-Jack promised to build on existing reforms and bring innovations and creativity to the service.
On her part, Yemi-Esan tasked civil servants to be professional in their duties.
“All public servants must understand that they are here to serve the nation not to serve any other body but the nation and I would just want to appeal to them that always they should put the progress of the nation first before another thing and with that, I am sure Nigeria will attain the greatness that God has purposed it to be,” the former HOS sais.
After the event, the Council went into a closed-door session with the newly sworn-in HoS part of the meeting.
