Three innovators have emerged winners of this year’s edition of the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Science organised by Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG).
The chairperson of the advisory board for the prize, Prof. Barth Nnaji, announced this at a media briefing in Lagos.
He said Eni Oko, Olajide Otitoju, and Meihong Wang won this year’s edition with their innovative work on carbon capture.
Their work is titled: “Process Intensification Technology for Greenhouse Emission Control in Power Generation and Industry for Sustainable Fuel Production (PIC-FUEL).”
The theme of the prize is: Innovations and Technologies for Reducing the Effect of Climate Change.
According to him, the theme of the prize underscores the need for urgent solutions to environmental challenges.
The advisory board chairman said the trio’s innovation could significantly reduce harmful emissions from power plants and factories as well as create cleaner and greener fuels.
Speaking on the winners, Nnaji said: “Eni Oko is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Chemical Engineering at Newcastle University, U.K, while Olajide Otitoju is a Research Associate at the University of Sheffield, U.K.
“Prof. Wang is winning the Prize for the second time after his 2019 win with Dr. Mathew Aneke.
“Their work was on Carbon Capture, Carbon Utilisation, Biomass Gasification and Energy Storage for Power Generation.”
