President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Directors-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS).
They are Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed for NIA and Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi for DSS.
A statement today, August 26 from the presidency said that
Ambassador Mohammed has had an illustrious career in the foreign service since joining the NIA in 1995. He had served in various roles, culminating in his promotion to the rank of Director and his subsequent appointment as the head of the Nigerian mission to Libya.
The 1990 graduate of Bayero University, Kano, had served in North Korea, Pakistan, Sudan, and at the State House, Abuja.
The statement said that the new DSS Director-General, Adeola Ajayi, rose through the ranks to attain his current post of Assistant Director-General of the Service.
He had, at various times, served as State Director in Bauchi, Enugu, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Kogi.
The statement said that the new Directors General were appointed follow the resignation of the NIA and DSS chiefs.
President Tinubu asked the new security chiefs to work assiduously to reposition the two intelligence agencies for better results.
He charged them to bring their experience to bear in tackling the security challenges bedeviling the country through enhanced collaboration with sister agencies and in surgical alignment with the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).
The President expressed gratitude to the outgoing Directors-General of the two pivotal intelligence agencies for their services to the nation, wishing them success in their future endeavours.
