President
Muhamadu Buhari on Thursday appointed Mr. Lawal Musa Daura as the new Director-General
of the Department of
State Security Service.
He is to take over from Ita
Ekpenyong, the outgoing DG.
The announcement was made in a terse
statement issued by the Director Communications in the Office of Head of Civil
Service of the Federation, Alhaji Haruna Imrana, on behalf of the HoS, Mr.
Danladi Kifasi.
The statement said Lawal Musa Daura
was born in Daura on August 5, 1953.
The new DSS DG, who attended Ahmadu
Bello University, Zaria from 1977 – 1980, started his career in the State Security
Service in 1982 and rose to the rank of Director.
He was at one time the Deputy
Director, Presidential Communication, Command and Control Centre, at the
Presidential Villa Abuja between 2003 and 2007.
Daura also served as the State
Director of Security Service at various times in Kano, Sokoto, Edo, Lagos, Osun
and Imo States.
He attended various professional courses both
home and abroad including the National Institute for Policy and Strategic
Studies, Kuru.Source: Punch Newspaper.
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