Nigeria has a surfeit of geniuses and near-geniuses on almost all fields of human endeavour, but we either hear that they are excelling and being honoured abroad - the Jelani Aliyus, Bennet Omalus, Olurotimi Baderos, etc - or, if in Nigeria, they are seeking for funds to do this or that. The most recent one I read is about a Nigerian university's department of chemical engineering which set out in 2011 to "construct a 1,000 barrel-capacity refinery, but lack of funding limited it to one, which would now be refining one barrel per day,” Perhaps, the Nigeria LNG could be interested in this. This world-class company has a Science Prize (worth US$100,000) which, for several years now, has not produced a winner. The one for 2016, aimed at finding solutions to the malaria scourge, was extended to 2017 because, after a nine-month search, no winner could be found. NLNG also a University Support Programme aimed at "developing engineering education in Nigeria."
"Nigeria has a surfeit of geniuses and near-geniuses" but they are Ignored
Taiwo Obe writes:
