Tinubu names ex-DSS boss Bichi as NISS board chair

President Bola Tinubu has appointed the speedy previous Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, because the Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS).

A press assertion, Thursday, by the institute’s Director of Coordination and Liaison, Lilian Omo-Odigwe, which was shared through the DSS’ X deal with, Bichi’s appointment was beneficial by the present DSS Director-General, Oluwatosin Ajayi.

The assertion was titled: ‘President Tinubu appoints Yusuf Bichi Chairman Governing Board of NISS’, learn: “The Commander-In-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu, has accepted the appointment of Y. M. Bichi, the speedy previous Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), as Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), Lower Usuma Dam, Abuja.

“Bichi’s appointment was accepted by President Tinubu based mostly on the advice of the present DG-DSS, Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi.

“His appointment is for an preliminary four-year time period, efficient twenty second October, 2026, in accordance with Section 4 of the National Institute for Security Studies (Establishment) Act, 2019.

“Bichi, who will succeed A.A. Gadzama, on the Governing Board, handed over leadership of the DSS to the incumbent Director-General in August 2024,” the assertion added.

Bichi began his profession within the Security Division of the Kano State Cabinet Office earlier than his switch of service in 1984.

The assertion famous that Bichi’s appointment to move the NISS Board brings “extensive experience in intelligence, security administration, operational leadership and institutional training to the governance of the National Institute.”