The Department of State Services (DSS), has redeployed its Director of Public Relations and Communication, Dr Peter Afunanya.
Director General of the DSS, Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi said the redeployment is in the bid to actualise a new focus of the Service towards covertness and likelihood of studied silence over certain matters.
Recall that during his assumption of office as DSS, Ajayi had maintained that the Service would work more from behind the scene rather than coming out in the open.
Afunanya was appointed as Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, (DPRSC), in 2023 after serving as spokesperson of the agency for years.
Collectively, he has worked as the face of the agency for ten years.
Afunanya was appointed to head the directorate as the supervising director, and also be in charge of the Service’s public communications, effective September 26, 2023.
With over 20 years of rich experience, Afunanya is vast in Intelligence analysis, threat assessment, security administration, VIP protection/detailing, investigation, counterterrorism, open source intelligence management and background checks and security vetting.
He is also renowned as an expert in surveillance, security sector/intelligence governance, democratic accountability in law enforcement, educational research, peace advocacy, alternative dispute resolution and development.
He is also rated with top expertise in communication, interagency cooperation/liaison, joint operations, teaching, public and media relations, reputation management, strategic communication, protocol and diplomatic affairs, writing, public speaking, stakeholder engagement among others.