Two Naija Women awarded the UNESCO L'Oreal Science Awards

Yes we have done it and Naija has been made proud by the women folks again in the field of science. Two Naija women have bagged the UNESCO L’Oreal “Women in Science Partnership” award. They were awarded for their contributions to the advancement of scientific knowledge. The awardees, Prof. Francisca Okeke, the first female head of department at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka was awarded for her outstanding contributions to the scientific study of climate change. She became the third Nigerian to get the award since the establishment of UNESCO L’Oreal in 1998 and the only recipient in Africa and the Arab nations. The second recipient is Dr. Eucharia Nwaichi, an environmental bio-chemist from UNIPORT! Congratulations but please try and encourage other women to go for their goals and dreams.