Architecture prize to reward Nigeria’s best graduates from UNICROSS underway

From Aniekan Aniekan, Calabar
A new architecture foundation plans to institute what could become Nigeria’s largest cash prize for architecture graduates to rescue young architects from post-graduation financial hardship.
The Ovats Architecture Foundation has opened talks with the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS, to institute the Linus Ovat award for excellence in Architecture for the best graduating student in Architecture.
Founder, Precious Ovat, said the award, expected to debut at UNICROSS’s forthcoming convocation, is projected to grow into the biggest financial prize of its kind among Nigerian universities.
UNICROSS was chosen because Ovat began his tertiary edu...