NEW DSS BOSS, BICHI MEETS WITH VICE PRESIDENT OSINBAJO
By Joseph Omoniyi
The New Director General of the Director of State Services, DSS, Yusuf Bichi, is reported to have met with the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, at the state house in Abuja on Tuesday.
According reports from CHANNELSTV,the details of the meeting are still unknown as Bichi refused to speak to the media.
Mr Bichi who was appointed on September 13 to replace Mr Matthew Seiyeifa, was appointed to act pending the appointment of a substantive Director General.
President Buhari thereafter approved with effect from 14 September, the appointment Bichi, as new Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS).
Bichi is a core secret service operative, according to a statement by Garba Shehu, senior special assistant on media, to President Buhari.
Bichi 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 Organization (NSO), the precursor of the present DSS.
Mr. Bichi has 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.
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