By YANGE IKYAA
The permanent secretary of Nigeria’s ministry of water resources, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, on Friday in Abuja inauguated what she called the “Ministerial Transition Team.”
This is coming just a week after the presidential elections which produced Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s next president, who will be sworn into office on May 29 when president Buhari’s eight-year administration will finally come to an end.
“You are aware, that President Muhammad Buhari signed Presidential Executive Order No.14 of 2023 on the Facilitation and Management of Presidential Transition in order to institutionalize the transition process from an outgoing President to a newly elected President,” said the permanent secretary, while speaking during the ministerial transition team inauguration.”
“In line with the above, the office of the special adviser to the president on policy and coordination directed ministries to establish a ministerial transition team that shall be an ad-hoc team to be set up by the permanent secretary of each ministry,” she added.
The team, which was inaugurated by Walson-Jack, has the director, water supply, Dr. N.D Madu, as the transition team director and members drawn from different departments of the ministry.
While congratulating the newly inauguated team members, the permanent secretary reminded them that they were selected based on the confidence reposed in them by the management of the ministry, and that to whom much is given, much is expected.
In his vote of thanks, the transition team director, Dr. N.D Madu, on behalf of his team, pledged their readiness to deliver on their mandate.