NIGERIAN PROFESSOR SHINES AT AFRICAN UNION ASSEMBLY, WINS $100,000

President Buhari congratulating Prof. Umezurika

A $100,000 award was conferred on a Nigerian, Professor Umezurika Opata yesterday during the 26th Session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government held at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as he emerged winner of the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Continental Scientific Award in the field of Life and Earth Science.

Kwame Nkrumah Continental Scientific Awards are awarded at three levels: national, regional and continental, to honour African men and women in science who distinguished themselves by their contributions to African development through their work in the field of research and training.

Another professor awarded was a South African Professor Tenello Nyokong who equally got the $100,000 award in the field of Basic Science Technology and Innovation.

This should be consistent so as to encourage our researchers. Again we say congratulations prof.