The Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Matsunaga Kazuyoshi, has conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon on Professor Chukwuma Ogbonna.
The award recognises Professor Ogbonna’s immense contributions to academic cooperation and mutual understanding between Japan and Nigeria in the field of agriculture.
At the decoration ceremony in Abuja, Kazuyoshi highlighted the significance of the day, coinciding with the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) Foreign Ministerial meeting.
He praised Ogbonna’s dedication to fostering international collaboration, establishing partnerships between Japanese and Nigerian universities, and facilitating research and student exchange programmes.
Responding, Professor Chukwuma Ogbonna expressed his gratitude to the Japanese government and people, pledging to continue promoting academic linkages between the two nations.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Prof. Chukwuma Ogbonna, former Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Nigeria, is one of the recipients of the Japanese government’s 2024 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals.
