DSS Kicks Against Foreign Funding of Security Operations, Backs Trust Fund Bill

DSS Kicks Against Foreign Funding of Security Operations, Backs Trust Fund Bill

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja

Department of State Services (DSS) has rejected the funding of security operations in Nigeria by foreign entities. DSS made this known yesterday in Abuja, at the public hearing on the Bill for an Act to Establish the Department of State Services Security Trust Fund (HB.2178) and the Bill for an Act to Establish the Strategic Intelligence Management Institute (HB.2589), organised by the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence.

DSS supported the bill, but demanded clearer funding mechanisms, and changes to the composition of the proposed governing board.

The service also warned that a separate bill seeking to establish a Strategic Intelligence Management Institute could duplicate the functions of an existing institution unless its mandate was redefined to focus exclusively on external intelligence.