Following his exploits in faraway Japan, a student of the Tokai University in Tokyo, Ufot Ekong, has been rewarded with a scholarship from the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, to complete his studies.
The governor made this gesture also in celebration of the 2015 International Youth Day, which was held on Wednesday across the globe. “We are glad to offer him the scholarship,” Udom said.
Ekong, who hails from Akwa Ibom State, is said to be a young man of immense scientific skills, having achieved best grades in his sojourn to Japan.
He is currently undergoing an M.Sc programme in Electrical Engineering. He graduated as the best graduating student as well as the Japan President’s Prestigious Award.
Ekong is the first African to achieve this feat, and has performed wonders as he solved a 30-year-old mathematical question, an equation that proved insurmountable to scientists. By this, he is widely commended for breaking a 50 year jinx in that part of the world.
Not only is the Electrical Engineer-in-the-making, solving scientific problems, he embarked on an ambitious automobile design project; a project that couldn’t have come at a better time than this, when the Udom has placed industrialisation at the arrowhead of his policy thrust.
Also, the governor declared that he is committed to making the state a breeding place for brilliant students. He also promised to “make Akwa Ibom youths earn a living and not beg for a living.”
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