President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a substantive Director General for the National Intelligence Agency.
This was contained in a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Wednesday.
The new Director General is Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, a retired career Foreign Service officer, who until his appointment served as the Senior Special Assistant to the President 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, 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.
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