‘Surprises’ took center stage yesterday at Nigeria’s premier ivory tower, the University of Ibadan (UI), as Nigeria’s leading telecommunications and ICT Company, MTN, surprised Professor Anthony Durojaiye Ologhobo, of the department of Animal Science, with a gift of a brand new KIA car.
In a move that surprised many, MTN’s team, led by the DG Regional Operations, Lagos/South-West, Mrs Fehintola Mustapha in company of hip-hop act, Dr Sid, stormed the University Campus at about 1p.m on a mission to create pleasant surprises for staff and students of the university.
Interestingly, some of the students that nominated Professor Ologhobo for the surprise gift also got gifts of iPhones from MTN. A Post Graduate student, Femi Taiwo and Okunhoya Bishop both received surprise gifts of an iPhone 6 each from MTN, before Professor Ologhobo received what he later described as the surprise of a life time.
An obviously elated Professor Ologhobo said “This is a gift from the Almighty God. I was not expecting anything from MTN, I was only told to come and present some gifts to my students. I don’t know how to explain this. This is a great surprise and I am eternally grateful to MTN for this gesture. I equally use this opportunity to call on other corporate bodies to promote academic excellence and reward the moral rectitude of deserving dons. This is an encouragement for all of us at the University of Ibadan, to put our best into whatever we are doing”
MTN had earlier this year, created pleasant surprises in this same manner, at the University of Lagos, when the Company surprised Professor Harrison Oloruntade Longe with a gift of a brand new KIA Cereno.