President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Folashade Arinola Adekaiyaoja, as the Deputy Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS).
The DSS Director-General is Mr. Oluwastosin Ajayi.
Folashade’s appointment, the first of its kind by any President, it was gathered, seeks to revise the agency’s structure for better efficiency. This, it was learnt, is in line with the original organogram of the Service.
The DSS is structured to comprise three Deputy Directors General.
The appointment and ratification by the President was based on the recommendation of the DG, through the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, The Nation learnt.
“It is line with its extant regulations and unprecedented in the history of the Secret Service,” a source said
The appointment of Adekaiyaoja, a native of Kogi State, was celebrated by a cross-section of officers and operatives who see her as eminently qualified for the position, it was learnt.
It was further gathered that President Tinubu had, in line with his promise to improve on the security of life and property of Nigerians, tasked the heads of security agencies to come up with proposals on how to improve on their service delivery.
