By Ayomide Otitoju
President Bola Tinubu has approved the renewal of Professor Ayo Omotayo’s tenure as Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, announced on Wednesday.
The renewal extends Omotayo’s appointment for a final four-year term. He was initially appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari in November 2021, with the Senate confirming the appointment in February 2022.
A Professor of Environmental Sustainability, Omotayo earned his PhD in Geography from the University of Ibadan between 1980 and 1990. He began his academic career at Lagos State University (LASU) in 1985, becoming a Senior Lecturer by 1992 at the age of 30.
He later served as Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences from 2012 to 2017 and as Director of the Centre for Planning at LASU before his appointment as Director-General of NIPSS in 2021.
