President Bola Tinubu has congratulated six distinguished Nigerians in the diaspora recognized by U.S. President Joe Biden as recipients of the 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
Established in 1996 by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, PECASE is the highest honor conferred by the United States government on exceptional scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers. The 2025 awardees, announced on January 14, are employed or funded by 14 participating U.S. government agencies.
A statement issued on Thursday by Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, highlighted the achievements of the Nigerian honorees, who include:
- Azeez Butali, Gilbert Lilly Endowed Professor of Diagnostic Sciences at the University of Iowa’s College of Dentistry.
- Ijeoma Opara, Associate Professor of Public Health at Yale University.
- Oluwatomi Akindele, Postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
- Eno Ebong, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Biology at Northeastern University.
- Oluwasanmi Koyejo, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University.
- Abidemi Ajiboye, Executive Vice Chair of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University.
President Tinubu commended these trailblazers for their remarkable contributions to science, technology, and engineering, noting that their recognition underscores Nigerians’ potential to excel both locally and globally.
He expressed optimism that their multidisciplinary expertise would contribute to national development under the Renewed Hope Agenda, emphasizing the importance of such talents in shaping Nigeria’s future.
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