CELEBRATING AN UNUSUAL ENGINEER, KEHINDE OSIKOYA, FNSE ON HIS BIRTHDAY

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In all aspects of basic infrastructure, access to good and motorable road is the most challenging.

Any human, home or community with challenges in the area of provision of water or electricity would always have a solution that may not be too demanding.

But for roads, almost all rely on what government could do to provide remedy.

Engineer Kehinde Osikoya, a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers is one of those created by God to facilitate the required platforms that could give credence to government policies and this has been evident in many areas where he has worked and served in various capacities.

As the General Manager of Direct Labour Agency in Lagos State, the Ijebu-Ode-born Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers was able to interpret the ideas and programmes put in place by Col. Buba Marwa (Rtd) when he was Military Administrator in Lagos State.

Coming to Ogun State to serve as the Special Adviser on Infrastructure to former Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel was another opportunity to effect changes in the area of bridging infrastructural gap.

As the Chief Executive Officer of Ogun State Road Management Agency (OGROMA), his antecedents have continued to reflect what he has the capacity to achieve.

As the Chairman of Ondo State Asphalt Company (OSAC) which later became Ondo State Agency For Road Maintenance and Construction (OSARMCO), nooks and crannies of the state were touched in line with the policy of former Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State.

It’s on record that the access and internal roads in Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa (OAUSTECH) were started and completed within three months of the existence of Akeredolu Administration in the Sunshine State.

The dualised road from WOTTSS Garden by the House of Assembly to Bishop’s Court at Alagbaka was also effected within three months.

When the challenges faced by travellers on the federal roads from Ondo to Ile-Oluji was difficult to surmount, Governor Mimiko deployed the team led by Engineer Kehinde Osikoya to the area and results were achieved.

Similar efforts were productive on Owo-Ikare road that had become a nightmare to commuters from within and outside the state.

As this man who has passion for engineering and construction marks another birthday, your friends, associates as well as kinsmen are celebrating you as a single candle that illuminates a community.

Engr. Kehinde Osikoya, the birthday ‘boy’. holds a B.Sc in Civil Engineering from University of Lagos.

The Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers had worked as a Civil Servant in Lagos State Public Service and eventually became a Permanent Secretary in the public service of Lagos State.

The Ijebu-Ode-born workaholic and kind-hearted Engineer was Supervisor, Ministry of Works, Lagos and was also General Manager of Direct Labour Agency.

Engineer Kehinde Osikoya became Special Adviser, Works and Infrastructure in the Otunba Gbenga Daniel Administration in OgunState.

He was also the Chief Executive Officer of Ogun State Road Management Agency(OGROMA) where he was influential to the construction of over 700 projects that have continued to be a reference point and this include the dualised Abeokuta-Sagamu Road.

Engineer Osikoya has been honoured at various fora as he was Inducted into the Nigerian Society of Engineers’ Hall of Fame in 2003; National Distinguished Merit Award in Transportation from Ogun State University and Lagos State Government Productivity Merit Award in 1988.

Engineer Kehinde Osikoya has also received numerous awards which include Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Leaderehip Award by African International Achievers Merit Award by African International Magazine, African Nation Builders Gold Award by African Gold International Communication; West African Patriotic Leadership Award by Global Vision Communications; Patriotic Achievers Award and many more.