Insecurity: FG establishes Security Institute

THE Federal Government has established the National Institute For Security Studies (NISS) in the wake of growing insecurity in the country to train middle and top level managers of security as part of efforts to advance the best practices in conflict prevention, mitigation and resolution.

The Spokesman of the Department of State Services, DSS, Mr Peter Afunaya, who disclosed this to news men in Abuja, said that the  National Institute for Security Studies Establishment Act 2019 had already been assented to by President Mohamnadu Buhari and was taking off immediately.

He stated that the Act  has now empowered the Institute to among other things, contribute uniquely and viably, to the promotion of inter-service, inter-agency and international cooperation, collaboration and harmony among intelligence, security and law enforcement agencies locally and globally in order to achieve national security and global peace.

Mr Afunaya lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting to the establishment of National Institute for Security Studies Establishment Act, 2019., saying that it would further enhance its operational activities.

The Act, according to him,  provides for the establishment of the administration and management of the institute and determining the standard of knowledge and skill to be acquired by its personnel.

He pointed out  that the  passage of the Bill which had been in the National Assembly since 2008,  was made possible by the efforts of the current Director General of the service, Alhaji Yusuf Magaji Bichi,  who swung into action and collaborated  with the National Assembly immediately he was appointed last year and censured its passage.

Afunanya who was flanked by top officials of the service,  including the Director of the Institute, Mr Ayodele Abdulsaheed Adeleke and the director  in charge of the National Assembly, Mrs Olufunke Amos  stated that the service placed more premium on human capacity development.

He revealed that the Institute which is a contemporary of National Defence Colleg e(NDC) and the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies(NIPSS) will be a centre for the award of postgraduate diploma and degree in the field of intelligence and security management as it will collaborate with universities or similar institutions which share its objectives in the achievement of global peace and security.