The Senate has confirmed Professor Ayo Omotayo as the Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Jos, Plateau State.
Ezrel Tabiowo, the Special Assistant to the Senate President, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.
The statement noted that Omotayo was confirmed following the consideration of a report by the Joint Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters; and Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs.
In his presentation, the Vice Chairman of the Committee, Senator Danjuma La’ah, described the nominee as an “asset” who possessed the requisite legal requirements specified under sections 3(2b) and 5 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies 2004.
Mr. La’ah disclosed that there was no adverse security report against the nominee and his appointment as Director-General of the NIPSS.
He said, “Both the DSS and Police reports submitted to the Committee on the life of the nominee to date did not reveal any iota of crime or wrongdoing against him.”