OAU Civil Engineering Students Win Writing And Debate Competitions

A team of four Civil Engineering undergraduates of
Obafemi Awolowo University has been awarded the first prize of the Eco-Friendly Engineering Challenge Writing Competition organised by the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE) for its Student Affiliate members – Civil Engineering undergraduates in Nigerian tertiary institutions.

The annual competition commenced in 2020 making this edition the third contest.

Entries from individuals and teams on ‘The impact of Climate Change on Civil Engineering Structures’ were received by the organising committee and the top 5 entries were invited to the NICE 2023 Conference which held at the Nigeria Society of Engineers headquarters in Abuja from 3rd October to 5th October, 2023 for a physical presentation.

Team OAU-CE from the department of Civil Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University clinched the first prize of the competition and was awarded a cash prize of two hundred and fifty thousand naira. The team comprises;

1. Gbolahan ADIGUN (Team lead) – 500L
2. John AKANDE – 500L
3. God’sfavour OLUMUYIWA – 400L
4. Lukuman MUFUTAU – 400L

The team lead, Gbolahan ADIGUN, also represented the South-West Zone of NICE’SA (Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers’ Students Affiliate) in the Inter-zonal debate with the topic Environmental Sustainability VS Economic Sustainability where he also clinched the first position prize.

In an interview with ACJ OAU, the team lead of the competition from Obafemi Awolowo University, Gbolahan Adigun, he stated that it is a great privilege for him to have represented the OAU-CE team in the Eco-friendly Engineering Challenge and NICE’SA South-West zone in the inter-zonal debate.

According to him, ‘I am more than glad to have won both competitions and I’m glad to have also learnt from brilliant minds from Nigerian tertiary institutions that participated in both competitions. I’m grateful to NICE for the privilege; my team, department, parents for their support throughout the competition.’