The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) is a policy formation center for bureaucrats, private sector leaders, military officers, and medium- and senior-ranking civil servants. It is also regarded as a think tank for policy-making in Nigeria. NIPSS was established in 1979.Crippled Giant: Nigeria since Independence. E.E. Osaghae, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 1998, Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Nigeria. Ufot Bassey Inamete. Published by Susquehanna University Press, 2001, Its first Director General was Major General Ogundeko. The current Director General is Ayo Omotayo. Notable graduates of the NIPSS are General Ibrahim Babangida the former Nigerian Head of State,Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Nigeria. Ufot Bassey Inamete. Published by Susquehanna University Press, 2001, and Nuhu Ribadu, famed former anti-corruption czar who is also the current National Security Adviser to President Tinubu, and former head of the SSS, Ita Ekpeyong.
Directors general
+Director General the National InstituteS/NNameBeginning of termEnd of term1Major General T.B OgundekoSeptember 1979March 19812Justice TseayoApril 1981November 19843Major General Charles NdiomuDecember 1984January 19904Major General Paul Ufuoma OmuJanuary 1990December 19925Muhammad Nur AlkaliDecember 1992October 19996Major General Joseph Nanven GarbaOctober 1999June 20027Major General Martin Chukwudi OsahorJune 2002April 20048Ugo AluboApril 2004May 2005 (acting)9Akin AkindoyeniMay 2005July 200810Yakubu SankeyJuly 2008October 2008 (acting)11JK OpadiranOctober 2008March 2009 (acting)12Shuaibu Ahmed DanfulaniMarch 2009May 201013Tijjani Mohammad-BandeMay 2010February 201614Jonathan Mela JumaFebruary 2016 August 2019 (acting)15Habu S. GaladimaAugust 2019 December 202016Brigadier General CFJ UdayaDecember 2020 March 2022 (acting)17Ayo OmotayoMarch 2022Present
Notable alumni
Notable alumni include: 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, Admiral in the Nigerian Navy Emmanuel Osarunwese Ugowe, former Assistant Inspector Geberal of Police. Monitor General, 1982 Onuzulike Daniel Okonkwo, former director, Federal Ministry of Communications Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, former Director, Army Public Relations and Nigerian Army Spokesman.
References Notes
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