National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies

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National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Nigeria is a policy formation center for bureaucrats, private sector leaders, Army officers, and medium-rank and senior civil servants, which was founded in 1979.[1] Most policymakers in Nigeria have attended the NIPSS.[2] Its first Director General was Major General Ogundeko. The current Director General is Professor Tijjanii Muhammad-Bande (OFR). Notable graduates of the NIPSS are General Ibrahim Babangida[3] the former Nigerian Head of State, and Comrade Ajayi Olusegun, the former Director General of Nigeria Policy Study and Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the anti-corruption campaigner.

Alumni[]

Some notable alumni:

  • . RTD Admiral in the Nigerian Navy.
  • , Former AIG of Police. Monitor General 1982
  • , former Director,

References[]

Notes
  1. ^ Crippled Giant: Nigeria since Independence. E.E. Osaghae, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 1998, ISBN 1-85065-350-X
  2. ^ Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Nigeria. Ufot Bassey Inamete. Published by Susquehanna University Press, 2001, ISBN 1-57591-048-9
  3. ^ Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Nigeria. Ufot Bassey Inamete. Published by Susquehanna University Press, 2001, ISBN 1-57591-048-9


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