Tinubu renews NIPSS DG appointment

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the renewal of Prof. Ayo Omotayo’s assignment arsenic Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Plateau State, granting him a last four-year term.

The determination was disclosed connected Wednesday successful a connection issued by the President’s spokesperson, Mr. Bayo Onanuga.

According to the statement, the renewal underscores the administration’s assurance successful Omotayo’s enactment and his contributions to strategical argumentation formulation and nationalist development.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Omotayo was archetypal appointed to the presumption successful November 2021 by erstwhile President Muhammadu Buhari.

His assignment was subsequently confirmed by the Senate successful February 2022.

A Professor of Environmental Sustainability, Omotayo holds a PhD successful Geography from the University of Ibadan, wherever helium studied betwixt 1980 and 1990.

He began his world vocation astatine Lagos State University successful 1985 and roseate swiftly done the ranks, becoming a Senior Lecturer successful 1992 astatine the property of 30.

He aboriginal served arsenic Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences from 2012 to 2017 and, anterior to his assignment arsenic NIPSS Director-General successful 2021, was Director of the Centre for Planning astatine Lagos State University.

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