Tinubu extends Omotayo’s tenure at NIPSS

President Bola Tinubu has approved the renewal of the appointment of Professor 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 announced in a State House press statement issued on Wednesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

Omotayo was first appointed to head the institute in November 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari. His appointment was subsequently confirmed by the Senate in February 2022.

A Professor of Environmental Sustainability, Omotayo obtained his PhD in Geography from the University of Ibadan, where he studied between 1980 and 1990.

He began his academic career at Lagos State University in 1985 and rose to the rank of Senior Lecturer in 1992 at the age of 30. He later served as Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences from 2012 to 2017 and was Director of the Centre for Planning at the university before his appointment as NIPSS Director-General in 2021.

The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, located in Kuru, Plateau State, is Nigeria’s apex policy think tank responsible for high-level research and training for top public and private sector leaders.