The duo of professor, Gbenga Aribisala, the former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University and the National Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Senator Iyiola Omisore, have been inducted as Fellows of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering.
Aribisala and Omisore were inducted into the body for demonstrating high professional and ethical Integrity, as well as for placing their enormous wealth of experience at the nation’s disposal. The Council of Engineers had held a meeting a few weeks ago where the decision to elevate the two was made.
Professor Aribisala was elevated as a Fellow of the Nigeria Society of Engineers, NSE nineteen years ago before he was moved to the highest-ranking body of the association. He had made tremendous contributions to the practice and teaching of engineering in Nigeria and abroad, most especially in the area of Water Resources and Construction.
Despite being actively involved in politics, Omisore has also contributed immensely to the development of the engineering profession in Nigeria. He supervised the construction of laudable projects in Nigeria, such as the Makurdi Air Force Base, Sokoto University Teaching Hospital, Onitsha Flour Mills, Bank of The North, now Unity Bank building, World Bank Assisted Health Projects for Plateau, Benue and Nasarawa States and the Imiringi Rural Electrification project in Bayelsa State.
