DSS Debunks Allegations Against Its Director General, Bichi
Princess-Ekwi Ajide Abuja
The Department of State Services (DSS) has urged the public to disregard the publications made by one Jackson Ude on his twitter handle @jacksonpbn, against the person and office of the Director General of the service, Alhaji Yusuf Magaji Bichi.
A statement signed by the Director, PR and Strategic Communications, Department of State Services, National Headquarters, Abuja, Dr. Peter Afunanya, stated that the allegations are entirely false as no such grant has been made available to the Service and that once it is allocated, staff will receive what is due them as usual.
It noted, that Mr Bichi, will take appropriate legal steps to seek redress as neither the Director General nor anyone acting on his directive has looted staff subsidy grant.
It, however, wondered how being paid any severance package at the end of one’s tenure is, unethical and outside established public service rule while stating that the so called “goodbye allowance” which Ude accused the DG of granting himself is non-existent.
According to the statement, Mr Bichi, has, in all ramifications, evidently catered for the welfare of active and retired personnel which is common knowledge and verifiable.
The statement recalled that from retirement in 2018 till his appointment as the Director General of the service, Bichi is seen as spartan, accountable, transparent and indeed, incorruptible and has remained resolute in running the Service and shown uncommon commitment in the management of its affairs.
His top priorities are staff welfare and judicious application of human and material resources, hence any misleading narratives to the contrary are unacceptable.
The statement described the allegations as just one of the campaigns of calumny that would want to smear the image of Mr Bichi and present him as corrupt but that facts at the DSS show otherwise and the Service under him will continue to chart a professional course aimed at ensuring internal security of the country.
