The College of Calabar (UNICAL) has bagged the French Authorities Award in Plastic Waste Administration in Nigerian Campuses, attracting €50,000 (₦90 million at €1 x ₦1,800) analysis grant.
The award which was offered by the French Embassy in Nigeria on Wednesday, eleventh October 2024, famous {that a} complete of €753,000 was earmarked to assist Universities throughout Nigeria develop modern, adaptive and sustainable mission concepts which is able to deal with plastic air pollution.
A complete of 5 tertiary establishments, together with the celebrated College of Calabar, had been awarded within the nation for combating plastic air pollution on campus.
The establishments embrace the College of Calabar, Alex Ekwueme Federal College (AE-FUNAI), Obafemi Awolowo College (OAU), Delta College and the Yaba School of Expertise.
The Head of Company and Cultural Affairs within the French Embassy, Thierry Valentine, stated the 5 establishments have been awarded over ₦500 million to encourage younger researchers in Nigeria to develop modern concepts for a safer setting.
He stated the mission to fight plastic air pollution in Nigeria, tagged the French Embassy Fund (FEF), was a part of the French authorities’s effort to encourage correct plastic waste administration globally.
Talking in Abuja, Valentine stated, “We had a number of good tasks, however these 5 have been chosen as a result of they’re scientific and result-oriented. We need to face the massive query of plastic air pollution right here in Nigeria; the want is to point out with just a few examples that it may possibly work.”
Receiving the award on behalf of the College of Calabar, the Vice-Chancellor of the establishment, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, thanked the French Embassy for partnering with the college and for locating it worthy of such an award and grant.
The VC who was represented by the College’s Provost of the Faculty of Postgraduate Research, Prof. Eyong Ubana Eyong, famous that the trouble of the workaholic Vice-Chancellor of the establishment yielded constructive outcomes as she visited the embassy earlier this 12 months for such partnership amongst others.
The VC, nevertheless, recommended the College Crew chief, Dr Igelle Evaristus Idaga, of the Division of Environmental Administration for making the college proud whereas reinstating her administration’s dedication to educational excellence.
