Buhari to New DG DSS: Have We Ever Met Before?

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, Abuja.

It was reported that, when Bichi was ushered into the
president’s office by protocol officials, he was asked by the
president if they had met before.

The new DG, however, `confessed’ that he was seeing President
Buhari face-to-face for the first time in his life.

NAN reports that the meeting of the president and the DSS boss
went into a closed door session.

President Buhari on Sept. 13 appointed Bichi, as new
Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS).

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 media.

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 Science.

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 DSS.

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
College.

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
management.

In the course of his career, Bichi had worked as the State
Director of Security in Jigawa, Niger, Sokoto and Abia States.

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 Finance.

Bichi also served as Director at State Service Academy

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, Abuja.

It was reported that, when Bichi was ushered into the
president’s office by protocol officials, he was asked by the
president if they had met before.

The new DG, however, `confessed’ that he was seeing President
Buhari face-to-face for the first time in his life.

NAN reports that the meeting of the president and the DSS boss
went into a closed door session.

President Buhari on Sept. 13 appointed Bichi, as new
Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS).

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 media.

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 Science.

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 DSS.

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
College.

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
management.

In the course of his career, Bichi had worked as the State
Director of Security in Jigawa, Niger, Sokoto and Abia States.

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 Finance.

Bichi also served as Director at State Service Academy