President Bola Tinubu has approved the renewal of the appointment of Ayo Omotayo as director-general of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru.
The presidency said the renewal is for a final term of four years.
Omotayo was first appointed director-general of the institute in November 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari. The government Senate of Nigeria confirmed the appointment in February 2022.
Omotayo, a professor of environmental sustainability, obtained a Ph.D. in geography from the University of Ibadan, where he studied between 1980 and 1990.
He began his teaching career at Lagos State University in 1985 and rose through the ranks to become a senior lecturer in 1992 at the age of 30.
He later served as dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the university from 2012 to 2017 and was director of the Centre for Planning before his appointment as NIPSS director-general in 2021.
