Post: | National Security Adviser |
Member Of: | |
First: | Aliyu Gusau |
Appointer: | President of Nigeria |
Reports To: | President of Nigeria |
Department: | ONSA and The Presidency |
Insignia: | Seal of the President of Nigeria.svg |
Incumbentsince: | 26 June 2023 |
Incumbent: | Nuhu Ribadu |
Insigniasize: | 130 |
The Nigerian National Security Adviser is a senior official in the cabinet of the President of Nigeria who manages national security on behalf of the President and serves as his chief advisor on all matters that are vital to the very survival of the Nigerian state. The position is a statutory member of the Presidency, National Security Council and Federal Executive Council.[1]
The National Security Adviser is appointed by the President and does not require confirmation from the Nigerian Senate.[2] The duties varies from administration to administration; and depends not only on the qualities of the person appointed to the position, but also on the style and management philosophy of the incumbent President.[3]
The table below contains a list of persons who have headed the position since 1993 when the office was first created.
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No. | Name | Term of office | President(s) served under | ||
Start | End | ||||
1 | Aliyu Mohammed Gusau | 2 January 1993 | 30 August 1993 | Ibrahim Babangida | |
2 | Ismaila Gwarzo | 30 August 1993 | 9 June 1998 | Ernest Shonekan Sani Abacha | |
3 | Abdullahi Mohammed | 9 June 1998 | 29 May 1999 | Abdulsalami Abubakar | |
4 | Aliyu Mohammed Gusau | 29 May 1999 | 1 June 2006 | Olusegun Obasanjo | |
5 | Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar | 1 June 2006 | 8 March 2010 | Olusegun Obasanjo Umaru Musa Yar'Adua | |
6 | Aliyu Mohammed Gusau[5] | 8 March 2010 | 18 September 2010 | Goodluck Jonathan | |
– | Kayode Are (acting) | 18 September 2010 | 4 October 2010 | ||
7 | Owoye Andrew Azazi | 4 October 2010 | 22 June 2012 | ||
8 | Sambo Dasuki[6] | 22 June 2012 | 13 July 2015 | ||
9 | Babagana Monguno | 13 July 2015 | 26 June 2023 | Muhammadu Buhari Bola Tinubu | |
10 | Nuhu Ribadu | 26 June 2023 | present | Bola Tinubu |
Aliyu Gusau was appointed Coordinator of National Security by military president Ibrahim Babangida from 1986 to 1989.[7] In this role, he led the dismantling of the National Security Organisation into three succeeding agencies, that is, the State Security Service, National Intelligence Agency and the Defence Intelligence Agency.[8] Alhaji Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta took over from Gusau as Coordinator of National Security. The politico-military situation of the early 1990s required the need for a central body for coordination, control and supervision of national security in Nigeria.[9] In January 1993, Aliyu Gusau was appointed National Security Adviser. In August 1993, Ismaila Gwarzo replaced him and continued following the seizure of power by Sani Abacha. In June 1998, Abdullahi Mohammed, the former director of the National Security Organization was appointed to the position.