Tinubu Renews Omotayo’s Appointment as NIPSS Director-General

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the renewal of the appointment of Professor Ayo Omotayo as 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 release on Wednesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

Omotayo was first appointed Director-General of the institute in November 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari, and his appointment was confirmed by the Senate in February 2022.

According to the statement, Omotayo is a Professor of Environmental Sustainability and holds a 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 through the ranks to become a Senior Lecturer in 1992 at the age of 30.

Before his appointment as Director-General in 2021, Omotayo served as Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lagos State University between 2012 and 2017. He also served as Director of the university’s Centre for Planning.

The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies is Nigeria’s foremost policy think-tank responsible for high-level policy research and strategic leadership training.