By Emmanuella Oghenetega
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Esther Walson-Jack, has reeled off series of events to commemorate the African Public Service Day, which also coincides with the Civil Service week.
The African Public Service Day is a day adopted at the 1994 Pan-African Conference of Ministers in Tangier, Morocco, and celebrated across the African continent on the 23rd of June to honour public service values, promote professional excellence, and showcase public sector innovation.
And this is in alignment with Agenda 2063 of the African Union.
In a press conference held yesterday, the 11th of june in Abuja, the HSCF announced that the Federal and State Civil Services will commemorate the African Public Service Day and the Nigerian Civil Service Week, from Friday, 20th to Saturday, 28th June 2025. And, that in the same week, a historic inaugural International Civil Service Conference will be held in Abuja, Nigeria, from 25th to 26th June 2025. These celebrations, according to the HCSF, will be taken to new heights.
The events, in the words to the HCSF represents a defining moment in the ongoing journey to reposition the Nigerian Civil Service as a 21st-century engine for national development, regional and international leadership.
The programme line-up for the commemoration includes; the commissioning of the remodelled Reception for the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, a Special Juma’at Prayer at the National Mosque, a Thanksgiving Service at the Family Worship Centre, Wuye, and a Study Tour of the Federal Civil Service and Abuja by State’s Heads of Civil Service.
Including also; A Welcome Cocktail for ICSC Speakers, Wellness Activities, and a Social Get-together for Civil Servants.
Highlighting the events, would be the two-day International Civil Service Conference (ICSC).
The week would be rounded off with a Rewards and Recognition Awards Ceremony.
