The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Dr. Kayode Opeifa, has congratulated the Corporation’s Director of Civil Engineering and New Lines, Engr. Adekunle Ayeni Ojobola, on his sixtieth birthday and retirement after almost three a long time of service, describing his profession as a big contribution to railway engineering and infrastructure improvement in Nigeria.
Born on November 11, 1966, Ayeni marks his sixtieth birthday yesterday, November 11, 2026, bringing to an in depth his service on the NRC, which he joined in 1997.
His retirement adopted a profession spanning greater than three a long time in civil engineering, transportation and infrastructure improvement. The milestone additionally comes shortly after his elevation to the Fellowship of the Nigerian Institution of Highway and Transportation Engineers (NIHTE) on September 12, 2026.
In his congratulatory message, Opeifa described Ayeni’s profession as one characterised by skilled competence, dedication and dedication to obligation.
He stated the retiring director had earned respect throughout the Corporation and the broader engineering occupation via his expertise and contributions to railway infrastructure improvement.
The NRC managing director famous that the Corporation’s capability to ship environment friendly railway companies depended not solely on its bodily infrastructure and operational property but additionally on the experience and dedication of its workforce.
He stated Ayeni’s current skilled recognition by NIHTE additional demonstrated the technical capability obtainable throughout the Corporation to help railway rehabilitation, modernisation and enlargement.
A local of Iyara-Ijumu in Kogi State, Ayeni was born in Kutiwenji, Niger State. He studied Civil Engineering on the University of Ilorin, graduating in 1989, earlier than acquiring a Postgraduate Diploma in Transportation from the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology, Zaria, in 2003. He later earned a Master’s diploma in Transport and Logistics from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 2013, reflecting his sustained curiosity in skilled improvement and transportation infrastructure.
Before becoming a member of the NRC in 1997, he had acquired expertise in development and infrastructure improvement. He entered the Corporation as a Senior Civil Engineer and rose via the ranks to turn out to be Director of Civil Engineering and New Lines, a place that positioned him on the centre of the Corporation’s technical duties for railway infrastructure.
During his years of service, Ayeni was concerned in monitor upkeep, rehabilitation, development, district engineering operations and the technical supervision of civil engineering initiatives. His duties lined important points of sustaining railway infrastructure, supporting operational security and sustaining the community required for passenger and freight companies.
Beyond his administrative and engineering duties, he contributed to human capability improvement within the railway sector as a technical teacher and useful resource particular person. He shared sensible data on railway civil works, monitor design, development, upkeep and operations, serving to to develop the talents of youthful engineers and different technical personnel.
His involvement in coaching and data switch additionally underscored the significance of preserving institutional expertise in a technically demanding business.
Ayeni maintained energetic hyperlinks with skilled engineering our bodies all through his profession.
He is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, a registered engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), and a Fellow of the Permanent Way Institution, London. His elevation to the Fellowship of NIHTE in September 2026 added to his skilled distinctions and recognised his contributions to transportation engineering and infrastructure improvement.
His retirement marks the departure from energetic service of an skilled technical officer whose profession spanned completely different phases of Nigeria’s railway improvement, from the calls for of sustaining standard railway infrastructure to the renewed nationwide concentrate on rehabilitation, modernisation and community enlargement. His expertise in railway engineering and technical supervision shaped a part of the skilled capability via which the Corporation sustained its infrastructure and operations.
Opeifa wished Ayeni good well being, happiness and fulfilment in retirement, expressing confidence that his expertise would proceed to be invaluable to the engineering occupation and the transportation sector. Ayeni’s private philosophy, centred on making a constructive affect on humanity via wonderful service and dedication to obligation, has remained a tenet all through his skilled life.
Beyond his profession, Ayeni is a household man, fortunately married with youngsters.
As colleagues, associates, family and friends rejoice his sixtieth birthday and retirement, the NRC acknowledges his years of service and contribution to railway engineering in Nigeria.
For Ayeni, the event marks greater than the top of a public service profession; it celebrates a lifetime {of professional} improvement, technical contribution and repair to nationwide infrastructure. The Corporation needs him good well being, peace and a rewarding retirement.
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