Innovation and SDG Enthusiast 

1. Organiser and a Facilitator, Grant-Writing Workshop 2024 and 2025, hosted and organised by Covenant University in partnership with the Education Collaborative, December 2 - 3, 2024 and September 8 - 9, 2025, respectively. 

2. Facilitator, Innovation Workshop, During the visit of a faculty member and students of Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences (HRW) to Covenant University,   June 2 - 6, 2025.

     Guided teams comprising of students of Covenant University and Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences (HRW), using the UNLEASH Innovation Methodology. I also served as a judge to select the winner of the Innovation Challenge.               

3. Facilitator, SDG 13 & 15 - Climate Action & Land Use Thematic Track, UNLEASH Innovation Lab (An Innovation Lab held in Kigali, Rwanda that brought together 1000 Talents from 136 countries)                         December 2023

     Guided some UNLEASH Global Talents/Teams in the SDG 13 & 15 Track, using the UNLEASH Innovation Methodology, to properly frame their identified problems, ideate, prototype and test their solutions. I also served as a judge to some of the teams in the SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) Track.

4. SDG 17 (Partnership for the Goals) Champion, Covenant University, 2023-present

    Provide Covenant University partnership data for submission to university ranking bodies (Times Higher Education (THE), QS)

    In the 2024 Times Higher Education Impact Ranking, Covenant University is ranked No. 63 in the world accruing a score of 92.1% for SDG 17 and by so doing is No. 2 in Africa (behind the University of Cape Town, South Africa) and No. 1 in Nigeria. 

5. Facilitator, SDG 6 - Water and Sanitation Thematic Track, UNLEASH Innovation Lab (An Innovation Lab held in Mysore, India that brought together 1000 Talents)                                                                 December 2022

     Guided UNLEASH Global Talents/Teams in the SDG 6 Track, using the UNLEASH Innovation Methodology, to properly frame their identified problems, ideate, prototype and test their solutions. I also served as a judge to some of the teams in the SDG 6 Track.

6. Technical Committee Member, West Africa Hub Technical Committee, The  Education Collaborative                        2023-present

     Represent Covenant University in the West Africa Hub Technical Committee, The  Education Collaborative (An initiative of Ashesi University, through an affiliation of institutions across sub-Saharan Africa, to transform over 1.1 million students by 2030 to be ethical, entrepreneurial leaders who create jobs, transform industries, and lead economies)     (SDG 17 - Partnership for the Goals)  

7. Director, International Office and Linkages, Covenant University, 2022 – present. I am responsible for facilitating partnerships with institutions and organisations, managing relationships between Covenant University and institutions/organisations towards a successful internationalisation of education at Covenant University, organising the Covenant University International Education and Career Fair annually, managing the Covenant University’s International Visiting Scholars programme, managing the activities of international faculty,  and managing the activities of international students. (SDG 17 - Partnership for the Goals)

8. Facilitator, Covenant University - Organization for Creativity, Innovation and Invention Promotion (CU-OCIIP) 2021 Expo that had 108 exhibitors and over 1000 participants from 33 countries. I coordinated the assessment of the 108 exhibitions by the jury board.             (SDG 17 - Partnership for the Goals)

9.  Talent, SDG 6 - Water and Sanitation Thematic Track, UNLEASH Innovation Lab (An Innovation Lab held in Denmark that brought together 1000 Talents)      July 2017

    Guided UNLEASH Global Talents/Teams in the SDG 6 Track, using the UNLEASH Innovation Methodology, to properly frame their identified problems, ideate, prototype and test their solutions. I also served as a judge to some of the teams in the SDG 6 Track.

10. Co-investigator and Speaker I led the field investigation on the state of water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in preschool settings in Nigeria in 2020 as part of our project titled “WASH Environments, Sanitation Policies and Health Outcomes during the First 2000 Days of Life”. The project was geared at reducing under-five mortality in Nigeria via improving water supply, sanitation and hygiene. Through the support of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, we provided handwashing buckets with taps and soaps to 70 daycare centres or preschools in Ota, Ogun State, to improve handwashing hygiene among children and to prevent or minimise the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic. The findings of our research were presented in a webinar co-organised by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources (FMWR), Covenant University (Nigeria), The World Bank, Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL, UK), and the International Development arm of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS, UK). SDG 6 - Water and Sanitation, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being

11. Educator and Trainer I was involved in facilitating the training of 91 Engineers in the use of Primavera P6 as a tool for project management as part of the Modified Foundation Skills Training Programme of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in 2009. I have been involved in engineering education for the past 15 years. SDG 4 – Quality Education