Prof Okeke Gerald Ndubuisi Wins Africa Oscar Safety Award For 2022

<p><strong>Congratulations are in order for foremost Nigerian professor of Safety and Environment&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng">Professor Okeke Gerald Ndubuisi<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The renowned environmentalist&comma; Prof Okeke Gerald Ndubuisi has won the prestigious African Oscar Safety award for 2022 by Afrisafe HSE Nations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He is the second Nigerian to receive this prestigious award after Engr FEK Nakpodia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;413817" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-413817" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"wp-image-413817 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;7ea440d8df9762872bf74190db17a58a&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"263" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-413817" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Prof Okeke&comma; Dr Mrs Ngozi Okeke and Ambassador Mrs Monica &&num;8221&semi; Ubuntu&&num;8221&semi; Nwosu at the Afrisafe HSE Nations award<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The event took place at the Lagos Continental Hotel on November 12&comma; 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;413815" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-413815" style&equals;"width&colon; 450px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"wp-image-413815 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;8fb75ecd2156f6953ee5be94a4131fe1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"450" height&equals;"600" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-413815" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Prof Okeke Gerald Ndubuisi being interviewed by HSE Nations TV after winning the award<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Prof Okeke was accompanied to the occasion by his diamond of inestimable value- Ambassador Dr Mrs Ngozi Gift Okeke&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;413816" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-413816" style&equals;"width&colon; 450px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"wp-image-413816 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;8a9433ebba09fc9b023beab87064c596&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"450" height&equals;"600" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-413816" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Prof Okeke Gerald Ndubuisi with the wife&comma; Ambassador Dr Mrs Ngozi Gift Okeke posing for a picture after receiving the award<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;413818" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-413818" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"wp-image-413818 size-medium" style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14px&semi;" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;b74bb5632d63a96728e9a72fc851405f&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"263" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-413818" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Prof Okeke Gerald Ndubuisi with Soji &lpar; WSO Country President&rpar;&comma; Safety Engr Abayowa&comma; Dr Julius Akpong during the HSE Nations Afrisafe Award<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>In his remarks&comma; Prof Okeke dedicated the award to God and his late son&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I dedicate this award to God Almighty for His care and protection in my life and family&period; I equally dedicate this award to my late son Engr Ugochukwu Peter Ndubuisi Okeke &lpar;Aeronautical Engr&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I equally use this medium to thank my boss and offshore Superintendent &&num;8211&semi; Engr Tunde Momodu and the charismatic and indefatigable Diving Superintendent &&num;8211&semi; Bashiru Idowu &lpar; The Bash himself&rpar; for their love&comma; support and encouragement towards my coming to receive this prestigious Safety award&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Special thanks to Engr Pupu Ogheneteme &period;O&period; and Engr Bosun Ajayi &lpar; my Field Generalismo cum Senior Prof plenipotentiary&rpar;&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>AfriSAFE Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes individuals across Africa&comma; who have devoted a significant part of their working life to advancing the cause of health&comma; safety and environment in Africa&comma; and whose specific achievements have clearly benefited many people regionally or nationally&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since four years that the AfriSAFE award started&comma; only three people have been given the Life Time Achievement award&comma; which is the highest individual professional award&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;professor-okeke-bags-double-awards-in-2022&sol;">Professor Okeke Bags Double Awards In 2022<&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>AfriSAFE is the most prestigious and biggest safety award in Africa with over 400 million people reached in 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Annual Award was instituted to recognize professionals&sol;practitioners in Health &amp&semi; Safety&comma; captains of industry&comma; and organizations for their exemplary Health&comma; Safety&comma; and Environment &lpar;HSE&rpar; practices in the workplace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;