2 Nigerian Female Scientists Bag UNESCO-L’Oreal 2013 Award

Professor Francisca Okeke

 

Two Nigerian female scientists bag the UNESCO-L'Oreal “Women in Sceince Patnership” award for their contribution to the advancement of scientific knowledge in Nigeria.

Professor Francisca Okeke, the first female Head of Department, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Dr Eucharia Nwaichi, an environmental bio-chemist from the University of Port Harcourt were recognised in the “Laureates and international fellows’’ categories respectively.

Dr. Eucharia Nwaichi

Professor Okeke was the only recipient in Laureate category from Africa and the Arab nations and the third Nigerian Laureate since the UNESCO-L’Oreal partnership was established in 1998. Professor Okeke got prize of $100,000.

Nwaichi one of the 15 awardees in the International Fellows was recognised for her research on “scientific solution to environmental pollution”