Personality in Focus
Focus on Disability Foundation Hails Adeola Ajayi’s Appointment As New DSS DG
By Eric Elezuo
The Focus on Disability Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation, saddled with the responsibility of catering for the needs of people living with disabilities, has celebrated the newly appointed Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi.
Mr. Ajayi was appointed to the office on August 27, 2024 by President Bola Tinubu, to replace Yusuf Bichi.
Describing the emergence of Ajayi as a landmark decision and a positive roadmap to checkmating the insecurity situation of the nation, the Founder of Focus on Disability Foundation, Abiodun Enilari Paseda, said a round peg has definitely been put in a round hole, adding that the intelligence officer’s enviable trajectory in the field of security and intelligence gathering, speaks volumes.
“Most of us that know Adeola Ajayi or have come across him in one guise or another can testify to his undying love for security and safety of Nigerians, more especially the less privileged,” Paseda said.
The FOD Founder also recalled Ajayi’s unannounced visit to the Foundation a few years back, where he made donations of cash and materials to sustain the welfare of children of the facility, stressing that “with that kind of man handling a unit of the security architecture of the country, compassion for people will prompt him to do all the right things”.
The new DSS boss, on assumption of office pledged to refocus the service towards covertness and the likelihood of studied silence on certain matters, promising to work with relevant stakeholders to overcome the challenges confronting the country’s security environments.
“He is a man who cherishes peace, and the stability necessary for development,” Paseda added.
He is a thoroughbred and versatile Intelligence Officer, who joined the Service in 1990 as a cadet officer.
He rose through the ranks and served in Command positions as State Director of Security (SDS) at Rivers, Bayelsa, Bauchi, Enugu and Kogi States.
The new DG is trained in the areas of management, security leadership, critical thinking and human resources from within and outside the country.
Mr Ajayi brings to his new position experience, capacity and immense goodwill.
About Focus on Disability Foundation
Mr. Abiodun Enilari Paseda
Focus on Disability Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation, founded in 2012, and saddled with the responsibility of providing top notch welfare for the physically challenged ranging from education, nutrition, accommodation among a host of other life basic requirements. The Foundation has a completely furnished home in Odogbolu, Ogun State, where a good number of people with disabilities are daily taken care of.
Former Presidential Spokesperson, Doyin Okupe has reportedly passed away.
TheNewsGuru reports that the senior adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan and, recently, the Director-General of Peter Obi’s 2023 Presidential Campaign died at 71, after a long struggle with cancer.
In October 2023, Okupe was hospitalized with prostate cancer and was flown to Israel for treatment.
However, it was learnt that his condition did not improve as expected.
Okupe had a history of prostate cancer, first diagnosed 16 years ago, and a later bout with sarcoma in his right shoulder.
Following his milestone achievements as Chairman of the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), the Chairman/CEO of Executive Group, Dr. Ayo Ogunsan has been officially announced as the Patron of the Police advocacy initiative in Lagos State, National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP can report.
The POCACOV is the Nigeria Police Force advocacy initiative to help young people avoid cultism and other vices. It uses advocacy, awareness, and sensitization to help young people avoid vices by conducting community outreaches to schools, inner cities, rural areas, and urban centres. It also helps to rehabilitate and reintegrate those who have been cut in the web of cultism, crimes, and social vices.
It would be recalled that Dr. Ayo Ogunsan took up the Chairmanship job about a year ago and was able to use his grand standing as the Board Member of Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), prime supporter of security news beat association National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP), and leadership of non-profit initiative, AKEM Foundation to champion his work and various impacting activities in the past one year. This is why POCACOV through its National Coordinator, ACP Olabisi Oluseyi Okuwobi on behalf of the Inspector General of Police announced his official elevation into the role of Patron of POCACOV in Lagos State.
The United Nations POLAC International Peace Advocate, Dr. Ayo Ogunsan expressed his gratitude to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun and the National Coordinator, ACP Okuwobi for the new role and promised to give direction to the new Chairman, Mr. Moses Oladimeji which will lead to improved performance of POCACOV in Lagos.
‘I will keep raiding our communities with love. We will give them food, shelter, etc. Police will do the Police work but I will do the policing of love’, Ogunsan affirmed.
This piece is contributed by Oki Samson
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Shamsedeen Ogunjimi as the new Accountant General of the Federation after a rigorous selection process.
A statement by Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga said his appointment, approved on Tuesday, takes effect from 7th March 2025, the same day the incumbent Oluwatoyin Madehin will retire.
Ogunjimi, 57, was first named as Madehin’s successor last December.
“A selection committee later chose him through a competitive, rigorous, and merit-based process involving Directors of Accounts in the Federal Civil Service. The committee conducted the process through three stages: a written assessment, an ICT proficiency test, and oral interviews.
“The selection process underscores President Tinubu’s commitment to promoting transparency, excellence, and competence in key public service positions,” the statement read in part.
Ogunjimi graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy.
He also obtained a Master’s in Accounting and Finance from the University of Lagos.
He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.
President Tinubu congratulated Ogunjimi on his appointment, and urged him to discharge his duties in the service with integrity, professionalism, and dedication to Nigeria’s service.
