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Photo: Meet the Newly Appointed Director General for the National Intelligence Agency

Posted by Thandiubani on Thu 11th Jan, 2018 - tori.ng

The President of Nigeria has appointed his former Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs/International Relations as the new NIA boss.


Portrait of Newly Appointed DG Nigeria's National Intelligence Agency. Ambassador, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar (Photo:Bayo Omoboriowo)
 
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a substantive Director General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).
 
The new Director General is Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, a retired career Foreign Service officer, who till his appointment served as Senior Special Assistant to the President (SSAP) on Foreign Affairs/International Relations.
 
Abubakar had extensive experience working with the United Nations in peace support operations, mediation process, preventive diplomacy and good offices, as well as the promotion of good governance and respect for the rule of law and human rights.
 
He also briefly served as Senior Adviser at the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), with headquarters in Ndjamena, Chad, before his appointment as SSAP.
 
Abubakar holds a B.A degree in French Language and Literature, and an M.A degree in Francophone Maghrebian Literature, both from Bayero University, Kano. He is also fluent in English and Arabic.
 
The appointment takes immediate effect.
 
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media and Publicity)
January 10, 2018


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