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Mr Mike Okiro

Mike Okiro is presently the Nigerian Inspector General of Police.

Mike who was appointed in 2007, hails from Rivers state, is an alumnus of the Nigerian Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies and was at one time, Lagos State Police Commissioner and DIG Operations before he was made DIG Works.

Mr James Kolawole Opadiran

Mr J.K. Opadiran until his appointment as the Acting Director General of the Nigeria Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies was the Ag. Director of Studies.

An astute administrator, Mr. James K. Opadiran holds a B.Sc degree in Geography from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1972). He also studied Operational Research and Systems Analysis at ASTON University, Birmingham, United Kingdom where he obtained an M.Sc degree in 1982. These include certificates obtained from various other institutions both within and outside the country.

Prior to joining NIPSS in 2004, he was the Director of Studies and Head, Economic and Financial Management Studies Department at the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Topo, Badagry.

Mr. J.K. Opadiran is a fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Management Consultants and has served the Federal Government in various capacities.

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Prof. Pat Utomi

Pat Utomi is a fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria and a Senior Faculty of the Lagos Business School -Pan African University, he is Director of The Centre For Applied Economics at the Lagos Business School.

He has served in Senior positions in government, as an Adviser to the President of Nigeria; the Private Sector, as Chief Operating Officer for Volkswagen of Nigeria, and in academia.

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