Jubilation as Tinubu Gives Appointment to Buhari's Former Appointee Walson-Jack
- President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Didi Esther Walson-Jack as the permanent secretary of the education ministry
- Former president Muhammadu Buhari first appointed Esther in 2017 and she served in various capacities
- She is the wife of the former NBA general secretary and a leading civic educator, Hon. Nimi Walson-Jack
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FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu announced the appointment of Didi Esther Walson-Jack as the permanent secretary of the federal ministry of education.
The immediate past president Muhammadu Buhari first appointed Esther in 2017.
At the time, she served in different capacities, including as the permanent secretary in the service welfare office of the head of the civil service of the federation (HoCSF), ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, as well as federal ministries of power, and water resources, and sanitation.
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According to Leadership, Esther Walson-Jack had her primary and secondary education at the Federal Government Girls’ College in Benin City, Edo state, and the Federal Government College in Ilorin, Kwara state.
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She was among the first Nigerians to be educated at the country's unity schools and has equally got to a high-ranking position in the ministry of education.
Esther Walson-Jack studied law at the University of Lagos and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987.
She is the wife of the former general secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and a leading civic educator in Nigeria, Hon. Nimi Walson-Jack. The couple is blessed with two children who are also lawyers.
The former appointee of ex-president Buhari is expected to utilise her vast experience and dedication to work excellently in the education ministry to upgrade the policies and standards of Nigeria's education system and deliver Tinubu's renewed hope agenda.
Tinubu dismisses Buhari's appointees Okoh, Irukera
Legit.ng earlier reported that Tinubu sacked two directors appointed by former Buhari.
They were Babatunde Irukera, the chief executive officer of Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), and Alexander Ayoola Okoh, the director-general and CEO of Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE).
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