The Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (EKSU), has become the first second place in the newly completed version of the annual sub-Saharan students and Challenge Bowl of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG).
The questionnaire that was held between Monday 23 and Wednesday, June 25, 2025 had about 15 participating institutions in Sub -Saharan Africa, including Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti.
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Part of the sinuous activities was the challenge, a hard competition based on geoscience studies, while several other institutions could not reach the final stage.
The deputy director/director of the Institution Information and Corporate Affairs Directorate, Bode Olofinmuagun, in a statement on Saturday, “the Bowl challenge involved three stages. While several institutions left, the EKSU team could climb through the first and second stages, therefore, to ensure a swallow between the five main ones.
“The three main (3) Institutions: University of Lagos, Ekiti State University and the University of Science and Technology of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana, will proceed to the global final on a date that will be announced later.
The awards for winning the sub -Saharan region are:
First position -$ 100 second position -$ 60 third position -$ 40
“The students who represented EKSU in the competition are: Boluwatife Osasona and Lawrence Blessing, both students of 300 levels of the geophysics department, while Olayioye Iidowu Iyanuoluwa helped the duo.
“Professor Adeyinka Aturamu and Mr. M. Adeniran coordinated students for the competition.”
The statement added that the Vice Chancellor, Professor Babatola Ayodele, while receiving the news of the outstanding performance of the students, congratulated the staff and students of the department, as well as the university community.
He reiterated that EKSU is known for his excellence and honor that will remain to further promote the university worldwide..