From Nigeria to Cambridge: Uchegbu Blazes Trail, Earns Tinubu’s Praise as College President.
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian-born Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience and top-flight researcher, Ijeoma Uchegbu, on her election as President of Wolfson College, one of the 31 Colleges of the University of Cambridge.
Professor Uchegbu, renowned for her innovative work in nanoparticle drug delivery, is currently a Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at University College London (UCL).
President Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Sunday, celebrated the outstanding accomplishment and commended Professor Uchegbu for being an excellent ambassador for Nigeria and for her relentless efforts to advance the frontiers of pharmaceutical science.
The President applauded Professor Uchegbu as epitomising the ingenuity, brilliance, and hard work that are consistently synonymous with the great Nigerian people both at home and abroad.
While wishing the Nigerian-born Professor more success as she takes on this important role, President Tinubu assured Nigerians in the Diaspora that his administration remains committed to building a robust interface mechanism that harnesses ideas, promotes investment opportunities, and strengthens bonds, in line with his ‘4D Foreign Policy’.
