State House Deputy Director, Information, Sir Attah Stephen, has been lavished with praise and commendation after attaining the 60-year statutory age of retirement from the Federal Civil Service.
Sir Attah, a Knight of John Wesley (KJW) in the Methodist Church Nigeria, will disengage from the Civil Service on Monday, March 1, 2021.
In a momentous career that spanned 25 years in the Presidential Villa, he served nine Chief Press Secretaries, Special Assistants, Senior Special Assistants and Special Advisers on Media and Publicity to six Heads of State and Presidents.
In a well-attended send-off ceremony organised on his behalf by the State House management at the weekend, the Permanent Secretary, Mr Tijjani Umar praised Attah as ”an unassuming and noiseless performer, who is very efficient in everything he does.”
The Permanent Secretary noted that for the 25 years Attah worked in the Presidential Villa he was very formidable, helping the Media Department to make appreciable progress and transformation under several administrations.
”Mr Attah started his civil service career here in the State House and is also ending it here after spending almost a quarter of a century. He was an extremely good officer and a team player,” he said.