President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, approved the appointment of new Directors-General (DGs) of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS).
Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed is the new Director-General of the NIA. Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi was appointed as the new Director-General of the DSS.
The new appointments were stated in a State House Press Release by the Special Adviser (Media & Publicity) to the President, Chief Ajuri Ngelale.
The new appointments followed the resignation of the immediate past DGs of both the NIA and DSS.
As stated in the release, the newly-appointed DG of NIA, 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 new DSS Director-General, Mr. Adeola Ajayi, rose through the ranks to attain his current post of Assistant Director-General of the Service.
The new DSS DG had, at various times, served as State Director in Bauchi, Enugu, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Kogi states.
“President Tinubu expects that the new security chiefs will work assiduously to reposition the two intelligence agencies for better results.
“He charges them to bring their experience to bear in tackling the security challenges bedeviling the country,” it was stated in the release.
The president also urged the new NIA and DSS DGs to work “through enhanced collaboration with sister agencies and in surgical alignment with the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).
“The president thanks the outgoing DGs of the two pivotal intelligence agencies for their services to the nation while wishing them success in their future endeavours,” it was added in the release.
