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 reappointment grants him a final tenure of four years at the policy think tank.
According to a statement issued by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, Omotayo was first appointed to the role in November 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Nigerian Senate subsequently confirmed the appointment in February 2022.
Omotayo, a Professor of Environmental Sustainability, studied at the University of Ibadan between 1980 and 1990, where he earned a PhD in Geography.
He launched his academic career at Lagos State University in 1985 and progressed steadily through the academic ranks, becoming a senior lecturer in 1992 at the age of 30.
During his time at the university, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences from 2012 to 2017 and later headed the Centre for Planning.
He held the latter position until his appointment as Director-General of NIPSS in 2021.
