President Tinubu Congratulates Nigerians Honoured By President Biden With The Early Career Award For Science And Technology (PECASE)
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated six distinguished Nigerians in Diaspora named by President Joe Biden among the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in the United States.
In a statement by the President’s Special Adviser Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu commends these trailblazing Nigerians for their remarkable achievements in science, technology and engineering.
The Nigerian leader notes that recognising these exceptional talents underscores Nigerians’ vast potential to excel both at home and on the global stage.
The Nigerian honorees include Azeez Butali, Gilbert Lilly Endowed Professor of Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa; Ijeoma Opara, Associate Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Yale School of Public Health, Yale University; and Oluwatomi Akindele, Postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Others are Eno Ebong, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Biology at Northeastern University; Oluwasanmi Koyejo, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University; and Abidemi Ajiboye, Executive Vice Chair of the Case School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University.
According to Onanuga, President Tinubu looks forward to the honorees sharing their multidisciplinary expertise to benefit Nigeria’s development efforts under the Renewed Hope Agenda.
This prestigious recognition, established by former President Bill Clinton in 1996, is the highest honour bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers.
