{"id":129059,"date":"2024-08-26T22:31:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T21:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nia-dss-new-dgs-great-professionals-gov-abdulrazaq"},"modified":"2024-08-26T23:42:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T22:42:18","slug":"nia-dss-new-dgs-great-professionals-gov-abdulrazaq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nia-dss-new-dgs-great-professionals-gov-abdulrazaq","title":{"rendered":"NIA, DSS new DGs, great professionals \u2013 Gov Abdulrazaq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has described the newly appointed Directors-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, and Department of State Services, DSS, as great professionals and wished them successful tenures.<\/p>\n<p>He said the choice of seasoned diplomat Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed, an indigene of Lafiagi, to lead the NIA opens another beautiful page in the history of the agency, and commended President Bola Tinubu for the choice of the Kwara-born diplomat who was until his appointment the head of the Nigerian Mission to Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by his spokesman, Rafiu Ajaka ye, in Ilorin on Monday,<\/p>\n<p>Governor Abdulrazaq also applauded the choice of Mr Adeola Ajayi, a crack senior operative who has pulled through many sensitive operations, to head the DSS at this time.<\/p>\n<p>He urged for support from all stakeholders for the new appointees, and prayed to the Almighty God to grant the new Directors-General the wisdom to achieve greater feats and improved national security.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has described the newly appointed Directors-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, and Department of State Services, DSS, as great professionals and wished them successful tenures. 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