President Bola Tinubu has appointed former Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, as Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS).
The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Thursday by the institute’s Director of Coordination and Liaison, Lilian Omo-Odigwe, and shared on the DSS’s official X account.
According to the statement, Bichi’s appointment followed a recommendation by the incumbent DSS Director-General, Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi.
Titled ‘President Tinubu Appoints Yusuf Bichi Chairman Governing Board of NISS,’ the statement said the president had approved Bichi’s appointment to lead the governing board of the institute, located at Lower Usuma Dam, Abuja.
“The Commander-In-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola 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.
It added that the appointment would run for an initial four-year term, effective Thursday, October 22, 2026, in accordance with Section 4 of the National Institute for Security Studies (Establishment) Act, 2019.
Bichi will succeed A.A. Gadzama, OFR, mni, as chairman of the governing board.
The statement noted that Bichi handed over leadership of the DSS to Ajayi in August 2024 after serving as the agency’s director-general.
It added that his appointment brings extensive experience in intelligence, security administration, operational leadership and institutional training to the governance of the institute.
Bichi began his career in the Security Division of the Kano State Cabinet Office before his transfer of service in 1984, according to the statement.
