By Ologeh Joseph Chibu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed new helmsmen for the Directorate of State Services, (DSS) and the Nigerian Intelligence Agency, (NIA).
The new NIA Director is Ambassador Mohammed while Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi is the new Director-General of the DSS.
The announcement was made on Monday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale.
In a statement made available to Irohinoodua, Ngelale said Ambassador Mohammed had an illustrious career in the foreign service since joining the NIA
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.
He had, at various times, served as State Director in Bauchi, Enugu, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Kogi.
The new appointments follow the resignation of the previous NIA and DSS chiefs.
President Tinubu expects that the new security chiefs will 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 bedeviling the country through enhanced collaboration with sister agencies and in surgical alignment with the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA.
The president thanked the outgoing Directors-General of the two pivotal intelligence agencies for their services to the nation while wishing them success in their future endeavours.