President Bola Tinubu has commended Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), for her contributions to the reform and repositioning of the Federal Civil Service.
Tinubu gave the commendation on Tuesday in Abuja at the presentation of Walson-Jack’s two books, I Planted: A Memoir of Purposeful Service and Beyond the Mandate: A Memoir on Leadership, Legacy and Labour of Public Service.
The president was represented at the event by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr Kingsley Udeh.
He described Walson-Jack as a distinguished public servant who had served at both the state and federal levels and risen to the highest bureaucratic position in the country.
He said the books were an opportunity to celebrate not only Walson-Jack’s retirement after 34 years of service but also her commitment to institution-building and purposeful leadership.
According to him, Walson-Jack understands that public service is not only about what is achieved while in office but also about what is left behind for succeeding generations.
“I have watched with admiration her efforts to reposition the Federal Civil Service as a more responsive and result-oriented institution.
“She came into the office of Head of the Civil Service of the Federation with a clear understanding that the civil service must continuously evolve if it is to meet the demands of a rapidly changing Nigeria and an increasingly complex world,” Tinubu said.
He said the Federal Civil Service remained indispensable to the implementation of the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda because much of government’s policies, programmes and projects passed through its machinery.
The president said his administration was committed to strengthening the service through reforms aimed at moving it from routine administration to purposeful delivery and from activity-based processes to measurable outcomes.
He noted that the implementation of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2020-2025 and its successor, the 2026-2030 strategy, as well as digital transformation initiatives, were important components of the reform agenda.
Tinubu particularly commended the continued integration of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) with human resource management systems, saying the reforms would strengthen payroll integrity, improve human resource management and promote accountability.
