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, Kuru.
The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
According to the statement, the appointment renewal is for a final term of four years.
Professor Omotayo was initially appointed Director-General of the institute in November 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate of Nigeria later confirmed the appointment in February 2022.
Omotayo, a Professor of Environmental Sustainability, has a strong academic background and decades of experience in teaching and research. He studied at the University of Ibadan between 1980 and 1990, where he earned a PhD in Geography.
He began his academic career at Lagos State University in 1985 and steadily progressed through the ranks. By 1992, at the age of 30, he had already become a Senior Lecturer.
During his time at the university, he held several leadership positions. He served as the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences from 2012 to 2017 and later became the Director of the Centre for Planning at the institution.
Omotayo held the position until his appointment as Director-General of the National Institute in 2021.
The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, located in Kuru, Plateau State, is Nigeria’s foremost policy think tank responsible for training top government officials, military officers, and private sector leaders in strategic leadership and national policy development.
