National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Nigeria is a policy formation center for bureaucrats, private sector leaders, military officers, and medium-rank and senior civil servants, which was founded in 1979.[1] Most policymakers in Nigeria have attended the NIPSS.[2] Its first Director General was Major General Ogundeko. The current Director General is Professor Ayo Omotayo. Notable graduates of the NIPSS are General Ibrahim Babangida[3] the former Nigerian Head of State, and Comrade Ajayi Olusegun, the former Director General of Nigeria Policy Study and Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the anti-corruption campaigner.
Alumni
Some notable alumni:
- Afakriya Gadzama, former Director General State Security Service
- Ibrahim Babangida, former Nigerian Head of State
- Ita Ekpeyong, former Director General State Security Service
- Lawal Musa Daura, acting Director General State Security Service
- Nuhu Ribadu, Pioneer Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
- Tunji Olurin, former military governor of Oyo State
- Victor Malu, former Chief of Army Staff
- Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, Executive Governor of Jigawa State.
- Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, former Inspector General of Police (Nigeria) IGP
- Aminu Adisa Logun, Kwara State Chief of staff.
- Porbeni Festus Bikepre. RTD Admiral in the Nigerian Navy.
- Emmanuel Osarunwese Ugowe, Former AIG of Police. Monitor General 1982
- Onuzulike Daniel Okonkwo, former director, Federal Ministry of Communications
References
- Notes
- ↑ Crippled Giant: Nigeria since Independence. E.E. Osaghae, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 1998, ISBN 1-85065-350-X
- ↑ Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Nigeria. Ufot Bassey Inamete. Published by Susquehanna University Press, 2001, ISBN 1-57591-048-9
- ↑ Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Nigeria. Ufot Bassey Inamete. Published by Susquehanna University Press, 2001, ISBN 1-57591-048-9
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