Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), is set to retire on August 14, 2024.
This announcement was made by Mohammed Ahmed, the Director of Communications in her office, during a media parley in Abuja in celebration of the 2024 Civil Service Week.
Dr. Yemi-Esan, who will turn 60 on August 14, will retire in accordance with the mandatory retirement age for civil servants in core Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs).
This year’s Civil Service Week is themed “Educate an African Fit for the 21st Century: Building Resilient Education Systems for Increased Access to Inclusive, Lifelong, Quality and Relevant Learning in Africa.”
Dr. Yemi-Esan was appointed as the Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation on September 18, 2019, by then-President Muhammadu Buhari, following the removal of her predecessor, Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita. Prior to her appointment, Dr. Yemi-Esan served as the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. She was officially inaugurated as HoCSF on March 4, 2020.
The upcoming retirement marks the end of her tenure, which has seen significant efforts in digitizing the civil service and rooting out corruption, including the removal of 1,618 officers with fake employment letters from the payroll system.
(PUNCH)