Giant Telecommunications and ICT company, MTN, has surprised Prof. Anthony Durojaiye Ologhobo of the Department of Animal Science, University of Ibadan (UI), with a gift of a brand new KIA Cereno, Thisday reports.
The gesture, according to MTN, is in appreciation of his diligence, moral rectitude and the fatherly role he has been playing in the lives of his students, while teaching in the university.
MTN had earlier in the year called on students from tertiary institutions from all over the country to participate in its ‘Surprise Your Professor’ campaign, an off-shoot of the company’s ‘Season of Surprises’ campaign which it launched late last year, by nominating for a pleasant surprise, any of their lecturers who has influenced them in positive ways.
In a move that surprised many, MTN’s team, led by the GM 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 Thursday, 22nd April, on a mission to create pleasant surprises for staff and students of the university.
Interestingly, some of the students that nominated Prof. Ologhobo for the surprise gift also got gifts of iPhones from MTN. A Postgraduate student, Femi Taiwo and Okunhoya Bishop both received surprise gifts of an iPhone 6 each from MTN, before Ologhobo received what he later described as the surprise of a life time.
The elated don 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.”
Nominations in favour of Ologhobo were overwhelming, and MTN deemed it fit to surprise him with a brand new car, for his positive contribution to the lives of the numerous students that have been under his tutelage.
MTN had earlier this year, created pleasant surprises in this same manner, at the University of Lagos, when the company surprised Prof. Harrison Oloruntade Longe with a gift of a brand new KIA Cereno.
