Afakriya Aduwa Gadzama: 5th DG of State Security Service (SSS)

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Afakriya Aduwa Gadzama mni OFR Is a Nigerian security officer and distinguished Abusite who is currently Chairman of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) and former Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS) under President Umaru Yar’Adua from August 2007 to September 2010.

Afakriya Gadzama was born on 22 November 1953 at Lassa in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State Nigeria. He attended the prestigious Barewa College, Zaria from (1968–1972), then the School of Basic Studies at Zaria Kaduna State.

He later proceeded to the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree (BA) in Political Science (1977). In 2001, Gadzama attended the Senior Executive Course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Jos.

Gadzama started his career in 1978 with the Ministry of Finance in Borno State and transferred to the National Security Organization as a Principal Officer in 1984. He rose through the ranks of the NSO and the subsequent State Security Service which was carved out of the NSO when it was dissolved.

While at the State Security Service,
Gadzama’s postings include Director of Security, Plateau State (1989–1991); Director of Security, Federal Capital Territory (1991–1993); Director of Security, Kaduna (1993–1997); Director of Operations, SSS National Headquarters (1997–1998); and Director of Programmes, SSS National Headquarters 1999.

Others include Director of Intelligence (2001–2002); Director of Operations (2002–2003); Director of Administration and Logistics, National Headquarters (2004–2005); and Director of Corporate Services, National Headquarters (2006–2007).

In August 2007, President Umaru Yar’Adua appointed Afakriya Aduwa Gadzama as Director-General of the State Security Service. Gadzama was instrumental in President Umaru Yar Adua’s Niger Delta Amnesty Program.

He was replaced by Ita Ekpeyong as Director-General of the SSS in September 2010 after President Goodluck Jonathan’s mass dismissal of security chiefs.

On December 16, 2019, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Afakriya Aduwa Gadzama as the Chairman of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies.

Institute for Security Studies Elevated to National Institute for Security Studies (NISS)
Afakriya Aduwa Gadzama: The New Chairman of NISS

President Muhammadu Buhari on 18th of June, 2019 signed into law the the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) bill elevating the institution to the same level as the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), and the National Defence College (NDC). Henceforth, certificates issued to participants of the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) shall be at par with those issued by NIPSS and NDC.

The National Institute for Security Studies provides senior-level security and law enforcement personnel with skills and capacity for strategic management and also award postgraduate diploma and a degree in the field of intelligence and security management. Furthermore, the institute also has the mandate to elevate deserving Ph.D. holders to the rank of professors in their respective areas of specialization.


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