President Bola Tinubu, Governors Duoye Diri and Siminalayi Fubara of Bayelsa and Rivers states, and Dr. Zacchaeus Adedeji, Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service, NRS, are among dignitaries expected to attend the launch of two books by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack, on Tuesday.
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 August 25.
Also expected to attend the event are Senator Godswill Akpabio, President of the Senate; Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Senator George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation; the 36 state governors; ministers; permanent secretaries; service chiefs; and members of the diplomatic corps.
The two books, sequels to her first, ‘Roses in Thorns: An Autobiography,’ keep alive a worthy family literary legacy established by her father, Christian Atani 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.
