as winners out over 40 candidates that were nominated
to be bestowed with the prestigious Nigerian National
Order Award, NNOA.
The award which is a celebration of the intellectual,
academic and creative achievements of Nigerians
expected to take place on December 5th, 2013, will have
Prof. Chukwuemeka Ike who was a past winner of the
award deliver lecture on "The Story Writer and National
Transformation."
The Chairman of Governing Board of the Nigerian
National Merit Award, NNMA, Prof. Adegoke
Oluwafeyisola, who disclosed this yesterday while
unveiling the winners of the 2013 edition of the award,
said that the three eminent academics emerged after
rigorous selection process.
Prof. Oluwafeyisola said, "Over 40 candidates within
Nigeria and in Diaspora were nominated for the award in
the four disciplinary areas described by the Act, viz:
Science, Medicine, Engineering/Technology and
Humanities (including all other fields of human
endeavor).
"At the conclusion of our very rigorous, merit driven, 3-
stage assessment process, only three (3) Nigerians were
approved for the Award by the Governing Board of the
NNMA." According to him, the winners of this year's
award are, Prof. Seth Sunday Ajayi who came top on
science category as he has been a major figure in the
international community of scholars in Wildlife Conservation and Environmental Protection and management.
In the field of humanities, Prof. Francis Abiola Irele, an
author of over 100 papers that include "The Cambridge
History of African and Caribbean Literature and four
collections of essays, while Prof. Hillary Iyang Iyang won
in the Engineering /Technology category.
The Chairman of Board Governing Council stated that in
the past 35 years the merit award was instituted, non of
its recommendation had been considered unworthy and
there had not been any protest or rejection of those that
had emerged, adding that the system put in place for the
selection was not interfered by anybody.
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