This is contained in a statement by the university’s Director of Public Communication, Mrs Joke Akinpelu.

Akinpelu explained that the challenge was part of the French Embassy’s Plastic Free Campus Awareness Initiative.

She disclosed that Prof. Aina Adeogun of the Department of Zoology served as the focal person for the UI-FEF Campus Wide Initiative.

Akinpelu noted that the institution’s contribution stood out significantly, with more than 300 students’ active participation and about 100 creative submissions for the challenge.

She disclosed that the first winner was Debbie Paul, a 300-level student of the Department of Environmental Health Science, Faculty of Public Health, in the Music Category.

She said that the recognition underscored the university’s leadership and sustained excellence in addressing plastic pollution and environmental sustainability in Nigeria.