He succeeds the former Provost, Mr Gbemiga Oluleye, who has served out his term meritoriously.
Adefaye was a former two-term president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors.
The NIJ is a Nigerian monotechnic institute located at Ogba in Ikeja, Lagos State.
It is a diploma-awarding monotechnic established in 1963 by the International Press Institute. (NAN)