By Emmanuel Obisue
Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, HCSF, Didi Walson -Jack has called for more collaboration with the media to give adequate publicity to the ongoing reforms in the Federal Civil Service.
She gave this charge late on Monday during a special Meet and Greet cocktail with media representatives in her office in Abuja.
Walson-Jack thanked the media for all the past support given to the office and the support since she assumed office as the HCSF.
“I know that this office has always been supported by the media, and I can attest to it because I was also in this office from 2015 and then came back to this office 2017 till 2019. So I know that the fourth estate of the realm has always supported this office. I would therefore like to go on and thank you for the support you have given us, especially on my announcement as the head of the civil service of the Federation. And that support has continued up till date.
“You will recall that since we assume the office, we have had several programms and activities, and I sincerely appreciate you all for having supported us, reporting our activities, our programms, and giving it the necessary publicity for proper dissemination to the citizens of Nigeria,” she stated.
“We want to request that you collaborate more with us. We are asking that the friendship, the partnership, goes beyond what it is now, to ensure that the reforms which this office is driving gets the full publicity it requires, because it requires that all hands should be on deck.
“You will recall that the Office has the federal civil service strategy and implementation plan 2021 to 2025 and that is the plan that we are still driving,” she added.
Walson-Jack added that the office under her tenure has resolved to bring on board creativity and innovation to accelerate the plan. “And so the six pillars which represent the reforms, the ongoing reforms, require adequate coverage so that the implementation can be fast tracked, and so that this office, and indeed the Federal Civil Service delivers on the administration’s renewed hope Agenda,” she said.
“We have quite a few things we are working on and in the fullness of time we will need you know as the media what we have been able to achieve”.
She added that the culture change anthem for the civil service has been reintroduced to drive the reform. “It is expected that the anthem will be sung by all civil and public servants and indeed Nigerians”.