Nigerian lecturer bags a prestigious award in the United States.

A Nigerian lecturer identified Isaiah Adelabu has bagged a prestigious award in the United States for the second time in two years.

Isaiah Adelabu who received the Graduate School Citation for Excellence in teaching for the second time in two years, lectures at the Federal University of Technology Akure Ondo State.

Isaiah who got his first degree in industrial chemistry from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, and a master’s degree in chemistry from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia, is currently undergoing his PhD programme at the Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University in the United States.

The chemistry department, Wayne State University, took to social media to celebrate the National treasure

Posting on their  Facebook page, the department wrote: “Congratulations to Isaiah Adelabu on receiving a Graduate School Citation for Excellence in Teaching!” 

The lecturer also took to his LinkedIn page to express gratitude to Wayne State University Graduate School and Wayne State Department of Chemistry, noting that this is the second time he would be bagging the award.

He wrote: Received the Graduate School Citation for Excellence in teaching for the second time in two years.

Thank you Wayne State University, Wayne State University Graduate School and Wayne State Department of Chemistry ?

Charged to do more. ???

In an essay published on the school website: Isaiah stated that he was impacted by information—cartoons and news on television with much emphasis on technological advancement and breakthroughs. he said he has always wondered in admiration at the discoveries made by scientists and researchers, who, at that time, became his childhood heroes and role models.  he further stated that the insight brought to his consciousness the need to follow a career that will present great benefit to the world around him.