How She Can Support Your Institution
Senior counsel to heads of government administration and reform leaders, with short institutional reviews of capability, governance and reform readiness.
Executive leadership programmes for senior public officials, and facilitated retreats for cabinets, Permanent Secretaries, boards and agency heads.
Confidential one-to-one mentoring for new Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Service and senior women leaders, and selective board appointments.
Keynote addresses on government reform, institutional delivery and the future of the African civil service, and published thinking drawn from lived experience.
34 Years of Public Service
Her Public Service Journey
A graduate of the University of Lagos, Mrs. Walson-Jack completed the Nigerian Law School in 1987 and began as State Counsel in Akwa Ibom State during her National Youth Service. After private practice in Port Harcourt she joined the Rivers State Ministry of Justice as State Counsel in 1992.
In Bayelsa State she headed legal drafting for the Ministry of Justice and the House of Assembly, served as Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary from 2002 to 2009, and later as Commissioner for Science, Technology and Manpower Development and Chief of Staff to the Governor.
She joined the Federal Civil Service in 2009 and was appointed Federal Permanent Secretary in 2017, leading the Service Welfare Office and the Ministries of Niger Delta Affairs, Power, Water Resources and Sanitation, and Education, and then the Special Duties Office in July and August 2024. She served as the 20th Head of the Civil Service of the Federation from 14 August 2024 to 27 August 2026, when she handed over and retired from active public service.
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