Who is Dr Jengs?
Jengoa Agina-Obu, widely known as Brotha Jengoa or Bro J is a graduate of Mechanical
Engineering from Rivers State University of Science and Technology (Nigeria), he has a
Master of Science (Project Management) degree from the University of Liverpool (England), a PhD in Projects Management from State University of New York at Albany (USA), and another PhD in Pastoral Leadership from Meta-Theo International Theological Institute
(Nigeria); he is recently appointed a Professor of Engineering Management at Meta-Theo
International. He also has a Certificate in Human Health and Global Environmental Change from Harvard University.
Jengoa, who is a registered Mechanical Engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and a member Australian Institute of Project Management, has worked as a mechanical engineer, mainly as a design engineer in the following
industries: offshore fabrications, building services, rail and mining infrastructure, and solar farm construction.
Jengoa's extensive engineering career has been in consultancy, contractor-side, client-side, private and public sectors.
Jengoa is very much community oriented. Having spent much of his energy working with children, teens and young adults; he has taken every opportunity, especially while volunteering with the Student Christian Movement (SCM) of Nigeria; in teaching, equipping and developing the next generation.
Jengoa is like your regular church kid doing everything imaginable: music, prayers, preaching, theatre, etc. For over 10 years, he served as music director, writing songs,
leading congregational worship, and training new instrumentalists. His song Love to walk with Jesus was released on YouTube in August 2021, and is also now anticipating in November 2021 the release of his next song Thank You for the rain and books Reflections
on Abraham and Jengoa the untold story.
Family is his heartbeat. Married to the quintessential designer and creator at Ayi's Stitches the ever-so-beautiful Ayibaesin known widely as Ayi, they have been married since 2007 and are raising 4 gorgeous school age kids in one of the South Eastern suburbs in Melbourne
Australia, having moved from Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
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coming decades. But a lonely man needs company, and having a family is a good way to give you one, that explains how he got his young wife and new family.
I saw him recently on Facebook with one of my friends. He has retired from the university and assumed his position as the ruler of his community. His wife and children are all university graduates and life has become much better for him.
So then, we have been reminded that life throws challenging situations at us and perhaps requires us to start again from time to time. Don't be afraid to do so, you never can tell what opportunities and victories are waiting for you at the other end if you do not give up. Remember, many people are reliant on you to give them a reason not to give up.
Dr Jengs
Happy New Year.