Education Ministry’s New Perm Sec Resumes Duty

Newly deployed permanent secretary to the Federal Ministry of Education, Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack has assumed duty.

The permanent secretary was received by the director, Overseeing the Office of the Permanent Secretary (DOOPS), Alhaji Zubairu Abdullahi and all other directors at the headquarters of the ministry yesterday in Abuja.
Walson-Jack, while speaking after her official resumption said she will encourage excellence and meritocracy and ensure high levels of staff motivation, establishing a robust performance-driven rewards and recognition system in the ministry.

She said, “We must adhere to the principles of truth, honesty, fairness and justice in our operations.
“To this end as your leader and the chief accounting officer of the ministry I pledge always to uphold the truth. I shall be honest with you all the time. I shall always endeavour to do right to all men and women without fear or favour.”

She further expressed excitement to resume at the Federal Ministry of Education, one of the ministries, which she said has a nationwide mandate to prescribe and maintain uniform education standards throughout the country.
“In line with the strategic plan, we should aim to improve the quality of public service delivery, providing a more lasting trajectory for the country’s progressive development.

“The six priority areas of the plan include the acceleration of capacity building and talent management. Institutionalization of the performance management system, improvement of the integrated personnel and payroll information system, institutionalization of innovation in the public service digitalization, and staff welfare.

“To encourage excellence and meritocracy and ensure high levels of staff motivation, we would establish a robust performance-driven rewards and recognition system, even before it is implemented service-wide as planned by the OHCSF.
“This would be our way of institutionalising the implementation of the relevant public service rules on rewards and recognition for outstanding work and meritorious service,” she added.