Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the renewal of the appointment of Ayo Omotayo as the Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, for a final term of four years.
The renewal was disclosed in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
According to the statement, Omotayo was first appointed as Director-General of the institute in November 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari, while the Nigerian Senate confirmed his appointment in February 2022.
Omotayo, a professor of environmental sustainability, obtained his PhD in Geography from the University of Ibadan after studying at the institution between 1980 and 1990.
He began his academic career at Lagos State University in 1985 and rose through the ranks to become a Senior Lecturer in 1992 at the age of 30.
During his time at the university, he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences from 2012 to 2017 and later as Director of the Centre for Planning before his appointment as Director-General of NIPSS in 2021.
