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9 educational facts about Nigeria’s first female permanent secretary of education ministry

1.Didi Esther Walson-Jack attended the Federal Government Girls’ College in Benin City and the Federal Government College in Ilorin.

2. She is among the first individuals educated at Nigeria’s Unity Schools to achieve the position of Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education.

3. She Holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Lagos and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987.

4. Married to Hon. Nimi Walson-Jack, a former General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association and a leading Civic Educator.

5. First appointed as a Permanent Secretary in 2017 by the then-President Muhammadu Buhari.

6. Demonstrated exceptional leadership in various capacities, including roles in the Service Welfare Office, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Federal Ministries of Power, and Water Resources, and Sanitation.

7. Throughout her career, Walson-Jack has exhibited commitment, competence, and administrative brilliance in diverse governance roles.

8. Appointed as the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education by President Bola Tinubu.

9. She was recently conferred with the National honor of the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) by the Buhari administration on 28th May, 2023.

Folaranmi Ajayi

Folaranmi Ajayi, Senior Reporter at Edugist is an educator with over a decade of experience in teaching and helping students pass exams with above-average grades. He is an investigative education journalist with a special interest in local education reporting, mentoring students, public speaking, and online training.