Open Salawu bags award, announces annual scholarship for best engineering students 

The Chairman of the Oyo State Project Performance and Monitoring Agency and Executive Assistant on Project Monitoring to the Oyo State Governor, Engineer Muftau Open Salawu has been honored by the Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo with an award of excellence for being one of the role models in engineering entrepreneurship.

The award was given by the Faculty of Engineering of the institution on Friday during the induction of the third set of graduating students of the faculty into the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE).

While speaking, Open Salawu who’s also the Babalaje of Ogbomoso land announced an annual award of the equivalent of $100 to be best graduating student from the Faculty of Engineering.

Being a civil engineer, he also announced half of the equivalent of $100 to the best graduating student from the Department of Civil Engineering. 

He thanked the institution and the faculty for the honor given to him. He said that the award came when he has decided not to take award again. He added that he couldn’t reject this award because of where it’s coming from. 

While congratulating the graduands, he charged them on entrepreneurship adding that Engineers must be part of the society. He urged them to be disciplined. 

He also commended the school administration for the serenity and comfortability the institution has. 

His words: “This award is coming when I have decided not to take any award again. But because of where this is coming from, I have to accept it.

“At the end of the second semester2024/2025 assessment, the overall best student will get the value of $100 from me. Why I used the dollar is because of the instability of the exchange rate. If I promised N50,000 now, perhaps next year, it may not have the same value as it is today. And I want this to be an annual award. 

“Sentiment a beat, the overall best student might not come from Civil Engineering department, so whoever comes best in Civil engineering for 2024/2025 academic session will also get half of whatever the person that got overall gets.”

Open Salawu, the Waziri Jari of Nupe Kingdom was awarded alongside Sir Chief Theophilus Adebowale Omotosho, Chairman, Bond Chemical Industries Limited, Engineer Olatubosun Adeonipekun Adesina, General Manager, Transmission Company of Nigeria, Hon Busoye Ogunlade, Chairman, Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency and others.

On the entourage of Engineer Open Salawu were Mr Abiodun Oluwaseun Laurel, Senior Special Assistant on Project to the Governor, Mrs Olayinka Olaleye – Coordinating Director, Oyo State Project Performance and Monitoring Agency, Engr Lawal Amodu, Director, Management and Evaluation, Mr Adegoke Adelaja, Director Planning Research and Statistics.