*Photo: Mrs Didi Esther Walson -Jack, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (middle) with media chiefs at a cocktail *
Head of the Civil Service of the Federation , Mrs Didi Esther Walson -Jack has given kudos to the Nigerian media for the support accorded her Office over the years.
The HCSF who spoke at a Meet and Greet Cocktail for Editors and Media Representatives said
“I know that this office has always been supported by the media and I can test to it because I was also in this office from 2015, came back to the office in 2017-2019.
“So I know the forth estate of the realm has always supported this office. Thank you for the support you have given us especially on my announcement as the Head of Civil Service of the Federation and that support has continued uptil date.”
She added that “We therefore thought it fit that we should organise this event to put faces to the names and to meet with you one on one just to tighten, strengthen the bond that this office has with the media,” assuring that “This will not be the last, we will have other fora to interact with you.”
The Head of the Civil Service noted that “You will recall that since we assumed the office, we have had several programmes and activities, and I sincerely appreciate you all for having supported our activities, our programmes and giving it the necessary publicity for proper dissemination to the citizens of Nigeria.”
She stressed that “We want to request that you collaborate more with us. We are asking for that the friendship, the partnership to go beyond what it is now so that the reforms which this office is driving gets the full publicity required because it requires all hands to be on deck.”
Going down the memory lane, Mrs Walson-Jack said “You will recall that the office has the federal civil service strategy and implementation 2021-2025 and that is the plan that we are still driving.”
Going forward, she said the Office has resolved to bring on board creativity and innovation to accelerate that plan, pointing out that the six pillars which represent the ongoing reforms require adequate coverage so that the implementation can be fastracked and the desired results achieved.
The HCSF used the opportunity to appreciate President Bola Tinubu for the support especially as regards the ongoing reform in the Federal Civil Service.
She pointed out that”We have quite a few things we are working on and in the fullness of time we will need you know as the media what we have been able to achieve.
“But I must say what we are actually looking forward to is our 100 days in office. We are working on several things but I beg to share with you today, one initiative which we have brought to bear and very soon we will actually show you a clip and we hope you will join us in singing our federal civil service anthem.
“The anthem has been reintroduced to drive the reform. It is expected that the anthem will be sung by all civil and public servants and indeed Nigerians. And it will be an anthem that will encourage every public servant to imbibe the lyrics of the anthem which is just saying to us that we must be efficient, productive, incorruptible, and citizen centered.
“And so that epic culture is what we are hoping that the anthem will create and it will be something the civil servants will actually exemplify, that every civil servant will be efficient, productive, incorruptible, and citizen centered.”
While thanking the invited media chiefs for attending the event, she assured them of constant interactions and requested them
to “help us popularize this anthem so that every nook and cranny of Nigeria will play this anthem,” stressing that “We need to imbibe the words and we need to live it.”
