In his congratulatory message to six (6) Nigerian scientists and engineers honored by the outgoing US President Joe Biden with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, wrote: “I am delighted by the reports of the listing of 6 Nigerians among the 400 scientists and engineers honored by the outgoing US President Joe Biden with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest recognition bestowed by the US government for outstanding contributions to science and engineering.
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| Six (6) Nigerian scientists and engineers honoured by outgoing US President, Joe Biden |
“The six Nigerians were Azeez Butali, a Gilbert Lilly-endowed professor at the University of Iowa’s College of Dentistry; Ijeoma Opara, an associate professor of public health at Yale School of Public Health; Oluwatomi Akindele, a postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Eno Ebong, an associate professor of chemical engineering at Northeastern University; Oluwasanmi Koyejo, an assistant professor of computer science at Stanford University; Abidemi Ajiboye, the executive vice chair of the biomedical engineering department at Case Western Reserve University.
I congratulate them for these merit-based awards that bear testament to their hard work and visible contributions to science, engineering, and technology. Their achievements should remind us of the critical need of investing in education, in the nation, as I have always maintained, for our national development. Nigeria is endowed with millions of diversely talented youths whose greatness can only be nurtured by investment in education.
Once again, I congratulate these great men and women for making our nation proud, as we look forward to their contribution to our national development.
A New Nigeria is possible.”
I am delighted by the reports of the listing of 6 Nigerians among the 400 scientists and engineers honored by the outgoing US President Joe Biden with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest recognition bestowed by the US government… pic.twitter.com/1C0iCaSsoC
— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) January 17, 2025
