Tinubu, Diri, Fubara to grace Walson-Jack’s book launch

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governors Duoye Diri and Siminalayi Fubara of Bayelsa and Rivers states and Executive Chairman of  Nigeria Revenue Service(NRS), Dr Zacchaeus Adedeji, are among dignitaries expected to attend the launch of two books by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack.

This was contained in a statement by the Media Sub- Committee of Didi Walson-Jack Books Presentation Committee.

 The books; ‘I Planted: A Memoir of Purposeful Service’ and ‘Beyond the Mandate: A Memoir on Leadership, Legacy, & Labour of Public Service’, which detail Walson-Jack’s experiences as a state and federal public servant, are to be presented in Abuja  on Tuesday, 25 August, 2026.

 Also expected to attend the event are Senate President Godswill Akpabio,  Speaker House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas,  Secretary to the Government of the Federation(SGF) Senator George Akume, the 36 state governors, ministers, permanent secretaries, service chiefs and members of the diplomatic corps.

 The two books, sequel to her first, ‘Roses in Thorns: An Autobiography,’ keep alive a worthy family literary legacy established by her father, Christian Atani Okpofaa Otobotekere (the Okun XIX and Amananaowei of Tombia), the late poet-King of Tombia, Bayelsa state, who wrote 14 books before his death in 2023.

 The books, which will be officially reviewed by Dr Joe Abah, former director-general of the Bureau for Public Service Reforms, have already garnered several positive reviews from prominent public policy analysts and business leaders, including Prof Tunji Olaopa, chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, George Etomi, a legal icon and life bencher and Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, chairman of Access Bank Holdings.

Prof Olaopa said: “Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack’s memoir, ‘I Planted: A Memoir of Purposeful Service,’ navigates the tensions of being a pioneer civil servant in a fledgling state and the treacherous politics of the workplace, all while maintaining her resolve to preserve her integrity at all costs.”