Telephone: +234(0)7032307770 Email: ogolayinka@unilorin.edu.ng, okeolaolayinka@gmail.com
Block 8, G28
Dept Of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering
University Of Ilorin.
P.M.B. 1515
Ilorin, Nigeria. Visiting Time: By Appointment
ABOUT
Dr Okeola is a licensed professional engineer under the Nigerian law and has membership of many professional bodies which includes American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making. Dr Okeola is a Peace Ambassador and has received the Pillars of Nation Building Award to 2012 Distinguished Academic ICON from the Strategic Institute for Natural Resources and Human Development of Nigeria (SINRHD). He received the Meritorious Service award of The Nigerian Society of Engineers in 2000. He also bagged Ondo Local Government Award of the National Youth service Corps Outstanding Performance in 1990 and received Ondo State Commendation Award of National Youth service Corps in 1990. Dr Okeola visits prison, motherless homes, hospital and a voluntary blood donor. His favorite books include: Giving by Bill Clinton; Happiness by Matthieu Ricard, Social Ethics (Morality & Social Policy) by Mappes & Zembaty, and The 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen R. Covey.
"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."- William A.W.
"...University in which no or a low research culture is evident, a situation which may entail repetition of existing knowledge and skills may, over time, reproduce a stagnant culture in which inquiry and critical discourse may not be valued."- (Cheetham, 2007)