The Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has announced the appointment of Prof. Barth Nnaji, a renowned scientist and former Minister of Power, as the chairperson of the Advisory Board for the Nigeria Prize for Science. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company made the announcement in a statement signed by its General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development, Mr Andy Odeh, on Thursday in Lagos, to flag off the 2022 Cycle of the Nigeria Prize for Science. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Odeh said Nnaji succeeds Professor Emeritus, Akpoveta Susu, a former science prize winner, who was appointed board chairman in 2016 and retired from the board in 2022 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, the company also named Prof. Yusuf Abubakar as a member in the newly reconstituted three-person board, which will serve to implement wide-sweeping reforms that will re-position the prize as one of the top science prizes in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said Abubakar joins Dr Nike Akande, a two-time minister and former President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who remains on the board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Odeh said: \u201cThe newly constituted Board has assumed duties in preparations for the 2022 cycle of the Prize. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Board approved \u2018Innovations in Sustainable Food Security\u2019 as the theme for the scientific competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNnaji is a Nigerian scientist and a professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. He was a director of the US National Science Foundation Centre for e-Design, University of Pittsburgh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He served in different advisory roles to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria before being appointed a Minister for Science and Technology in 1993 and later Minister for Power in 2011. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe is also the founder of the first independent power transmission station in Nigeria.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Odeh also expressed appreciation to Susu for his selfless service to the prize. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said Susu assumed leadership at a critical time for the prize when it was being restructured, overseeing the management of change and charting a new trajectory for competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Odeh stated that the changes made to the Advisory Board would consolidate the achievements made by the former Board chairman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He expressed NLNG\u2019s support for the board\u2019s mandate of making the Prize stronger and more prestigious in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Accepting the appointment, Nnaji stated that he would support the Prize to create an oasis of world standard inspiration for basic science research that will impact the lives of Nigerians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Nigeria Prize for Science attracts the sum of $100,000. <\/p>\n\n\n
The Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has announced the appointment of Prof. Barth Nnaji, a renowned scientist and former Minister of Power, as the chairperson of the Advisory Board for the Nigeria Prize for Science. The company made the announcement in a statement signed by its General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development, Mr Andy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[296],"tags":[450],"class_list":["post-40849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-economic","tag-nlng","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"\n