Scholarship / I have been exposed to both office and field challenges - skills proving for Chevening [4]

chevening leadership and influencer skills

Chevening is looking for individuals that will be future leaders or influences in their home countries, explain how you meet this requirement using clear example of your own leadership and influencing skills

Over the years in practise as a professional in my field of work and as an Architect, I have been exposed to both office and field challenges. The design and construction of a restaurant on a lake side was one of the biggest challenges i have faced in my career. The major demand from the clients was to make the restaurant a recreational and tourist center for both visitors and indigenes. Being among the team of eight Architects, we came up with different individual designs. After several research and inspection, i came up with a design consideration cost effective, aesthetics, circulation, ventilation, security, human proportional relationship, furniture arrangement etc, and also i introduced the idea of fish concept to emphasis the major culture and occupation of the community, which is fishing. I brought the design into three zones: The semi outer zone from where guests can have an overview of the lake and also involve in some indoor games like table tennis. This zone also contains the VIP spot Which is situated at the basement of the restaurant and directly adjacent to the outside swimming pool. Base on the calculations i invented a transparent glass wall of six inch's thickness which is capable of withstanding the capacity and pressure of the water and from which the guests can have overview of swimmers. The hundred capacity eatery space inner zone of the restaurant which i specified among the service department was to maintain good circulation.

The outer zone of the restaurant were i implemented the idea of using estimated 75% of soft landscaping and 25% of hard landscaping was to achieve a habitable environment.

After individual presentation to the clients, with the above concept my design was approved and I was recommended to lead other professionals in the constructions aspect of the building during which i was faced with bigger challenge of capillary rise of the water beneath the foundation. On further construction, the foundation wall was formed initially with sandcrete blocks and this makes it weaker and had collapsed on several occasions, at this stage constructions was impossible.

After several consultation and research, i came up with the idea of using water pumping machine to pump water out from the foundation trench while trenchers and excavators was used to remove earth to a certain depth. I came up with the idea of constructing and casting the foundation wall with concretes and reinforcements before further construction.

The implementation of this design and construction concept had made a great impact in my company and the entire community. Ever then, i have lead the my team on several consultation on different construction site to solve similar problem experienced by other professionals.

Scholarship / Economic recession to Nigeria is the reason of my interest in this particular master programme [3]

Chevening is looking for individuals who have a clear post-study career plan. Please outline your immediate plans upon returning home and your longer term career goals. You may wish to consider how these relate to what the UK government is doing in your country. (minimum word count: 100 words, maximum word count: 500 words)

chevening career plan question

Terrorism attacks in North-East and South-South of Nigeria, Oil pipe line vandalization, flooding, climate change, desertification, erosion all in this recent time have affected the economy of Nigeria. Lives and properties are lost on terrorism attacks, lands are destroyed on bomb blast attack and oil spillage and Agriculture is no longer affective in Nigeria. Oil pipe line vandalization in South-South of Nigeria has caused oil spillage and destruction of wildlife, and also flooding, climate change, desertification in north region of Nigeria, erosion, coastal changes all have contributed to Nigeria economic recession due to less attention paid by the Government to the consequences of this economic destruction. Economic research proved in less time without immediate introduction of adequate solutions to all this environmental challenges will further cause more harm than economic recession to Nigeria.

Above actually are all the reasons why my interest in this particular master programme. The objective of cheveing is to support UK foreign policy priorities and create lasting positive relationships with future leaders, influencers and decision makers. On returning home as a chevening resource scholar equipped with relevant skills on sustainable environmental design and management and construction project management, through the British High Commission in Nigeria i aspire to identify and collaborate immediately with the British funding scheme to protect Rural lands, landscapes features through planning policies and laws and also through cross compliance involving rules for farming and land managements and this will result to restoration of Nigerian Economy.

According to the International Monetary Fund 2017 GDP estimate in descending order, United state of America, European Union, China, Japan, India and Brazil are the largest economies by nominal GDP. The market Economy of twenty first century is very competitive. Working with the British funding scheme and on an exposure to environmental challenges like that of Nigeria, I will practise and apply the principles of sustainable environmental design and management and construction project management to create environment best for production and business inventions which is the aim of the British funding scheme. Through my association with this funding scheme am proud to promote chevening goals in my country and as well from maximum of five to ten years from now, i can be able to achieve my long term career goals which is producing long term economic policies and sustainability that will bring Nigerian economy up to the platform that can be compared with that of United States of America, China, Japan etc, therefore contributing globally to world economic development.