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Tinubu lauds six Nigerians for winning prestigious US science award
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President Bola Tinubu on Thursday praised six Nigerian researchers and specialists who were named among the 400 beneficiaries of the Official Early Vocation Grant for Researchers and Architects (PECASE) by U.S. President Joe Biden.
The current year's awardees, declared by President Joe Biden on January 14, 2025, are utilized or subsidized by 14 taking an interest US government offices.
The Nigerian honourees incorporate Azeez Butali, Gilbert Lilly Enriched Teacher of Analytic Sciences, School of Dentistry, College of Iowa; Ijeoma Opara, Associate Professor Of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Yale School of Public Health, Yale University; and Oluwatomi Akindele, Postdoctoral reseacher at Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
Others are Eno Ebong, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Biology at Northeastern College; Oluwasanmi Koyejo, Assistant Professor of computer science at Stanford College; and Abidemi Ajiboye, Executive vice chair of the Case School of Engineering, Branch of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University.
Tinubu, in an explanation by his representative, Bayo Onanuga, recognized the honorees for their remarkable accomplishments in science, innovation, and designing.
He noticed that perceiving these extraordinary abilities highlights Nigerians' huge potential to succeed both at home and on the worldwide stage.
Tinubu added that he anticipates the honorees sharing their multidisciplinary ability to help Nigeria's advancement endeavors under the Restored Trust Plan.
This renowned acknowledgment, laid out by previous President Bill Clinton in 1996, is the most elevated honor gave by the US government on exceptional researchers and designers in the beginning phases of their vocations.
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