The Trade Union Congress (TUC), has conferred on the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, its Most Outstanding Female Worker Award.
In a statement signed by the director of communications in the office of the Head of Service, Mohammed Ahmed, the award was conferred at the 2023 Edition of the Nigerian Workers Dinner/Awards held in Abuja.
According to the statement, the president of the TUC, Comrade Festus Osifo, said the award was in recognition of Yemi-Esan’s antecedents and outstanding contributions towards the promotion of workers’ rights and improvement of the welfare of workers in Nigeria.
Osifo appreciated the HoSF for her consistency in reinvigorating staff, as well as transforming the service for enhanced national growth. He added that she has always been there for the civil servants and needed to be celebrated.
In a keynote address delivered by the special adviser to the president on policy and coordination, Dr Habiba Lawal, she described Yemi – Esan, as the face of a new civil service and a quintessential civil servant.
The group managing director/chief executive officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company, NNPC Ltd, Mallam Mele Kyari was among the dignitaries present at the event.
