Buhari to new DG DSS: Have we ever met before?
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the new dss boss comes to the job with skills in intelligence gathering research analysis conflict management general investigation risk and vulnerability operations counter intelligence and protective operation and human resources management3 he was at various times the director national assembly liaison national war college director at national headquarters in the directorate of security enforcement directorate of operations directorate of intelligence directorate of inspection and directorate of administration and finance3 he attended danbatta secondary school the kano state college of advanced studies and the ahmadu bello university zaria where he graduated with a degree in political science1 nan reports that the meeting of the president and the dss boss went into a closed door session1 president buhari on sept. 13 appointed bichi as new director-general of the department of state service dss1 bichi who replaced lawal daura the former dg of the dss is a core secret service operative said malam garba shehu the senior special assistant to the president on media1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that when bichi was ushered into the presidents office by protocol officials he was asked by the president if they had met before1 the new director-general began his career in the security division of the cabinet office in kano from where he joined the defunct nigerian security organisation nso the precursor of the present dss1 bichi had undergone training in intelligence processing analysis agent handling recruitment and intelligence processing in the uk as well as strategic training at the national defence college1 president muhammadu buhari on thursday in abuja met for the first time with the newly appointed director-general of the department of state services yusuf magaji bichi at the presidential villa abuja1 in the course of his career bichi had worked as the state director of security in jigawa niger sokoto and abia states1 the new dg however confessed that he was seeing president buhari face-to-face for the first time in his life1 bichi also served as director at state service academy1