Patrick Ikenweiwe, the deputy director at the Department of State Services (DSS), suggested that first-class graduates from Nigerian universities be compelled to join the secret agency.
He said this in his remarks at the 2025 distinguished personality lecture hosted by the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies at the University of Ilorin in Kwara state today, February 13.
Ikenweiwe spoke on behalf of Adeola Ajayi, the director-general of the DSS, and stated that in order to strengthen the security framework, academic institutions should send their best graduates to the secret service.
“If I have my way the best of the lot from every academic institution must be forced to serve in the secret service; that is how it is in the so-called developed nations.
“Like I know, in Israel, there is one examination that students take to into the university. The moment you score above 70 marks, you have no option but to be sent to the university
“Tell me, how would a dullard be able to keep security in a criminal gang that is constituted of first-class people. You know, you need intellect to track criminality.
“So, if I have my way in this country, and we keep praying that we do the right thing. The academia should be able to supply us, sincerely, the details of students who have excelled in their various fields of study so that they would be forced to serve this great nation.”
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