President Bola Tinubu has approved the renewal of Ayo Omotayo’s appointment as the Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru.
The Special Adviser to Mr Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement posted on his X handle, said the appointment is for a final term of four years.
Former President Muhammadu Buhari initially appointed Mr Omotayo in November 2021. The Senate confirmed the appointment in February 2022.
Mr Omotayo is a Professor of Environmental Sustainability. He attended the University of Ibadan from 1980 to 1990, where he obtained a PhD in Geography.
He began his teaching career at the Lagos State University in 1985 and rose through the ranks to become a Senior Lecturer in 1992 at the age of 30.
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He was the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences between 2012 and 2017.
Before his appointment in 2021, Mr Omotayo was Director of the Centre for Planning at Lagos State University.
NIPSS, established in 1979 in Kuru, Nigeria, is the country’s premier policy think-tank and high-level centre for research, reflection, and learning.
