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Braide, who is the 19th President of the Academy, is the Academy’s first female President in 44 years of existence.
Braide, a professor of Parasitology/Epidemiology was a member of the national committee that achieved the laudable feat of guinea worm eradication in Nigeria. She has a rich professional experience as a researcher and an administrator.
She was honoured by the President of Nigeria in July 2010 with the award of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) for her contribution to disease control in Nigeria.
She was nominated by the Honourable Minister of Health to serve in the Ministerial Expert Advisory Committee on COVID-19 Health Sector Response (MEACoC-HSR).
By Emmanuel Elebeke
In an apparent move to curb the increasing wave of insecurity in the country, the Federal government says it is set to deploy appropriate technologies to help surmount the security challenges confronting the country.
The Minister of Federal Ministry of Science and Technology Dr Ogbonnaya Onu disclosed this at the presentation of grants for journals publication to the Nigerian Academies of Science, Engineering, Social Sciences, Letters and Education at the Ministry’s Headquarters in Abuja on Monday.
Dr Onu said appropriate technologies will be deployed in the area of intelligence gathering, monitoring of suspects and development of platforms to effectively fight insecurity in Nigeria.