DSS Urges Ban On Foreign Funding For Security Operations, Backs Trust Fund Bill

The Department of State Services (DSS) has urged the House of Representatives to amend existing laws to prohibit foreign funding for security operations in Nigeria.
The Service also supported a bill to establish a Trust Fund for the DSS, while calling for clearer funding mechanisms and changes to the proposed governing board’s composition.
Presenting its position at a public hearing organised by the House Committee on National Security and Intelligence in Abuja, the DSS cautioned that a separate bill to establish a Strategic Intelligence Management Institute could duplicate the functions of an existing institution unless its mandate is limited to external intelligence.
The hearing c...