National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) is based in Kuru, Nigeria. The NIPSS was founded in 1979 as a policy formation center for bureaucrats, private sector leaders, Army officers, and medium ranking and senior civil servants in Nigeria.[1]
Most policymakers in Nigeria have attended the NIPSS. [2] Its first director General was Major General Ogundeko. Notable graduates of the NIPSS are General Ibrahim Babangida [3] the former Nigerian Head of State, and Comrade Ajayi Olusegun, the former Director General of Nigeria Policy Study and Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the anti-corruption campaigner.