By Olawale Lamina
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan as the new Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), to succeed Didi Esther Walson-Jack, who will be retiring from the Federal Civil Service on attaining the statutory retirement age of 60 years from August 27, 2026.
The newly appointed HCSF hails from Osun State and he is the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, and currently the most senior Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service.
Enitan civil service career included serving as a Permanent Secretary for seven years and seven months, during which he worked at the Ministry of Police Affairs, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, and the Office of the Vice President.
Meanwhile, President Tinubu has commended Dame Walson-Jack for her distinguished career to the nation, including reforms, innovations and institutional improvements which shaped her tenure in the civil service.
Tinubu wished the outgoing HCSF a successful post-retirement, even as he expressed the nation’s gratitude for her years of dedicated and impactful public service.
On the other hand, the President tasked the incoming HCSF to build on the ongoing reforms and innovations, improve professionalism and efficiency across the service, and build a more effective and responsive civil service capable of delivering the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
He also called on the new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation as he assumes office from August 28 to inspire a professional, merit-driven, accountable, innovative and responsive civil service to the needs and aspirations of Nigerians.
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