The Principal of Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Delta State, Dr Samuel Onoji, has been decorated as the Most Outstanding Head of Africa Tertiary Institution on Campus Peace and Capacity Building 2024.

The award was bestowed on him at the Africa Students Leaders General Assembly in Abuja with the theme “Pro-Africa Education System: Key to Unlocking Africa’s Potentials.”

The President of All-Africa Students Union (AASU), Osisiogu Osikenyi, in a statement on Saturday, said the general assembly offered a huge opportunity for notable student leaders to converge on Abuja to deliberate on critical issues.

He said that student leaders from 32 African countries as well as some relevant educational stakeholders in Africa were present to discuss and chart a way forward for the African education system.

He said: “In appreciating those contributing extraordinarily to the African educational system, the Principal of PTI Nigeria, Onoji, was decorated as the ‘Most Outstanding Head of Africa Tertiary Institution on Campus Peace and Capacity Building 2024.’”

Osikenyi said the honour conferred on the PTI chief executive officer was well deserving of him owing to his strategic and relentless effort to restore peace in the crisis-ridden PTI.

He added: “Onoji’s exemplary leadership as the principal of PTI has been a beacon of hope and inspiration to students, academia, and other stakeholders of the Continental Education System.

“This feat and exceptional services by the PTI boss align with our mandate as the apex student body in Africa.

“As the continental body of African students, we implore other heads of tertiary institutions in Africa to borrow a leaf from Onoji’s style of leadership which guarantees a peaceful academic environment and promotes student union leaders’ capacity-building for efficient service delivery.”

Osikenyi said that Vice-President Kashim Shettima was also one of the recipients of the AASU Award 2024.