Bichi stepped down as Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) on 26 August 2024.
By Kehinde Okeowo
President Bola Tinubu has made another appointment, approving the immediate past Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, as the chairman of the Governing Board of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), Lower Usuma Dam, Abuja.
This was made known on Thursday in a statement posted by the institute’s Director of Coordination and Liaison, Lilian Omo-Odigwe, on the DSS’s X account.
“The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the appointment of Y. M. Bichi, CFR, FWC, the immediate past 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,” the statement read.
Bichi, who handed over the leadership of the DSS to the incumbent Director-General in August 2024, succeeds A. A. Gadzama as chairman of the Governing Board.
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According to Omo-Odigwe, the appointment of the former DSS chief followed a recommendation by the current DSS Director-General, Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi.
The statement added that his appointment is for an initial four-year term, effective 22 October 2026, in accordance with Section 4 of the National Institute for Security Studies (Establishment) Act, 2019.
Bichi began his career in the Security Division of the Kano State Cabinet Office before his transfer of service in 1984.
The institute said his appointment would bring “extensive experience in intelligence, security administration, operational leadership, and institutional training to the governance of the National Institute”.
