Abuja: Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), has commended the media for its support, professionalism, and constructive engagement during her two-year tenure. Walson-Jack made these remarks during an interactive session held on Thursday in Abuja with senior editors, heads of news, and editors-in-chief of media organizations, along with Permanent Secretaries and other dignitaries.
According to News Agency of Nigeria, the event was organized to appreciate the media for its partnership and support as Walson-Jack prepares to leave office on August 27. She expressed her gratitude for the media’s fair, balanced, and objective coverage of the activities, policies, and reform initiatives of the HCSF office. Walson-Jack noted that the media had helped Nigerians understand and appreciate the transformation taking place across the Federal Civil Service.
The HCSF recalled several media engagements during her tenure, including a meet-and-greet with the media and World Press Conferences on the International Civil Service Conference in 2025 and 2026. She also mentioned briefings on the paperless civil service and her first 100 days in office. She applauded the media for taking the civil service reform story beyond the walls of the HCSF office through its reports, interviews, speeches, and analyses.
Walson-Jack emphasized the importance of the media’s role beyond reporting events and reproducing official statements, stressing the need for journalists to ask difficult questions, seek clarification, interrogate issues, and hold public institutions accountable. She acknowledged that while some questions were challenging, they helped improve communication and work within the civil service.
She urged journalists to sustain responsible, factual, balanced, and constructive journalism while helping Nigerians understand the role of a professional, efficient, productive, ethical, incorruptible, and citizen-centered public service. Walson-Jack expressed confidence in the enduring partnership between the HCSF office and the media, founded on trust, mutual respect, and a shared commitment to serving Nigerians.
On digitalization, Walson-Jack mentioned that the Federal Civil Service would continue to deepen its digital transformation agenda, with her successor taking it to the next level. She expressed her appreciation to the media for its partnership and wished journalists continued success in their profession.
Walson-Jack concluded by urging the media to continue telling the story of the Federal Civil Service accurately, fairly, and objectively, as she approaches the end of her tenure. She expressed heartfelt gratitude on behalf of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and herself for the media’s partnership, professionalism, and commitment to telling the civil service story.