Recently updated on March 2nd, 2018 at 01:25 pm
Christiana Udoh, studying at the Imperial College in London, United Kingdom has emerged the first Nigerian to win the Dudley Newitt Prize for Experimental Excellence award.
The award was announced on February 26, 2018, during the Dudley Newitt Lecture held at the university campus.
Describing her performance during her Advanced Masters studies in Chemical Engineering as impressive, the university management offered Christiana Udoh a scholarship to commend her academic feat.
The Akwa Ibom State Government gave Udoh another scholarship award of $20,000. The State government while presenting the award to Udoh, commended Christiana Udoh for her hard work and commitment to her studies.
In the words of Christiana’s father:
“Christiana has retained her number one position and we feel thrilled about it. This shows that Nigeria is on course to favourably compete with any nation of the world.”
