President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Director-Generals for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS).
In a statement on Monday evening, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, announced that Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed is the new Director-General of the NIA, while Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi is the new Director-General of the DSS.
Ambassador Mohammed has had an illustrious career in the foreign service since joining the NIA in 1995.
He has 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. A 1990 graduate of Bayero University, Kano, he has served in North Korea, Pakistan, Sudan, and at the State House, Abuja.
The new DSS Director-General, Mr. Adeola Ajayi, has risen through the ranks to attain his current post of Assistant Director-General of the Service. He has served as State Director in Bauchi, Enugu, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Kogi at various times.
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The new appointments follow the resignation of the previous NIA and DSS chiefs. President Tinubu expects the new security chiefs to work assiduously to reposition the two intelligence agencies for better results and charges them to bring their experience to bear in tackling the security challenges facing the country through enhanced collaboration with sister agencies and in surgical alignment with the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).
The President thanks the outgoing Directors-General of the two pivotal intelligence agencies for their services to the nation and wishes them success in their future endeavors.
