The government has announced plans to rename the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) as the Bureau of National Intelligence (BNI), as part of proposed reforms contained in the Security and Intelligence Agencies Bill, 2025.
The Interior Minister, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, told Parliament on Thursday, 19 January, that the change is intended to eliminate persistent confusion surrounding the NIB acronym, which is frequently mistaken for the National Investment Bank.
Addressing Members of Parliament on the floor of the House, the Minister argued that the overlap undermines clarity within the country’s security framework and runs counter to global practice.
“Everywhere in the world, you make sure that the acronyms for the security agencies do not match any other thing, and in fact, it is supported by law to make sure that nobody is able to name anything after an acronym of any of the security agencies,” he said.
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