The Department of State Services (DSS) has announced the appointment of Peter Nnochirionye Afunanya as the Supervising Director of the newly established Directorate of Public Relations and Strategic Communications (DPRSC) with effect from September 26, 2023.
The appointment is part of efforts by the secret police to sustain engagement with citizens and the public at large as well as deepen democratic governance, transparency and accountability.
This disclosure is contained in a public statement issued by the Directorate of Public Relations and Strategic Communications of DSS at its National Headquarters, Abuja, on September 27, 2023, where it stated that Afunanya will also be in charge of the service’s public communications.
The service in the statement also commended the Director General of the DSS, Alhaji Yusuf Magaji Bichi CFR, fwc, for the initiative to undertake the expansion and particularly appointing Afunanya to pilot the Directorate.
