FORM 2.

PERSONAL STATEMENT
Seeing the residential developments, commercial centres and parking lots paved over many of the
gardens created an imagination between human beings and the environment. It compelled me to pay
attention toward the relationship between human beings and the environment. Seeing today the
relationship between human beings and the environment have realized that the environment we live in
has suffered much damage from pollution and lacks competent planning. How to create an
environment suitable for human living when resources are limited is a question always in my mind. I
began to think that I could make use of my artistic gift, concern about, and my interest in man and his
environment by entering the field of environmental landscape architecture and putting my effort into
beautifying our surroundings in peaceful coexistence with human beings.
Being the second son of the seven children in my family quality education is a rough and hard career
to pursue due to financial constraint in the family. The death of my father, made education impossible
meal to have in my family. My mother, a primary school teacher could only ensure the feeding of the
family with stipend earn from teaching. Even with her teaching job the feeding of the family could not
still be ensure smoothly. The need to paddle my own canoe of education prompt me to join the
labourer job to have a stipend in my pocket. All the experience of life had brought disciplined and
hard work to my life. It was dreamt by all to reach the apex of education. However, the circumstances
of my life had pegged my apex of education to university degree. Making the vision of studying to the
peak of the level of education i.e. Doctorate degree an unrealised dream for my career. The death of
my father, financial crisis and the need for my other five siblings to study as well, all these brought
constraint to my dream for me. It made me to stop at the bachelor degree only. The experience of life
is why I hope that GKS program by NIIED can consider me as one of their scholars in this year
program. Hoping to be selected for the GKS program promoted by NIIED, because from them I
learned that study must be valued and that through it we can help change our lives and that of the
people around us.
After my secondary school, I started my apprenticeship in local architecture at a workshop where I
started learning. However, the senior ones I met at the workshop instilled in me hardworking thereby
learning speedily with aid of my senior ones experiences in the field. My internships days in
landscape design there I was involved in planning, design, and implementation of landscaping
projects, combining theory with practical work for better visualization of knowledge, and idea.
Through this work experience, I became familiar with the entire process of a design process.
During my undergraduate days, I was a member of THE STUDENTS SENATE COUNCIL that
amended the constitution, also partook in the Charity Community Development Service in donating to
the schools, hospitals and less privilege home. Among these were creating awareness and sensitizing
the indigenous people of my area on the need to maintain a sustainable friendly environment. Also
organizing seminar for the bricklayer and local contractor, thereby enlighten them on the important of
less polluted environment in active service of maintaining. The programme was concluded by the
rehabilitation of the elementary students lecture hall, that I provide the structural design for the
rehabilitation program.
I was involved in landscape planning and design programme organized by National Youth Service
Corps (NYSC).Thus, it lead to the award of service received from NYSC Charity And Gender
Community Development Service Corps Group. My pathway became clear when the Nigerian
Christian Corpers Fellowship honoured me for my membership acknowledgement toward the
contribution of the Structural rehabilitation and development on improving the fellowship. Through
the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development Programme (SAED), I was able to certify
myself in Microsoft power point design and other designing software skill. The usage Auto Cad
design skill has really help me to contribute to the society, and myself.
I thank NIIED (GKS) for considering my application for Master degree in Environmental Landscape
Architecture.