5 Nigerian Students For 2019 Global Robotics Olympics

Leadership Newspaper

Five Nigerian students drawn from secondary schools across the country have been selected to represent Nigeria at the next FIRST Global Robotics Olympics in Dubai this October.

The students; Kosi Ugoji, Isaac Ibidun, Gbemileke Ogunrayewa, Sonia Bendrewere and  Toluwaniyin Ojo-Osagie were selected from a try-out session with over 50 secondary schools in attendance.

Founded by philanthropic inventor, Dean Kamen to inspire a passion for science and technology leadership and innovation among the world’s more than two billion youths, FIRST Global Challenge provides the framework for an Olympics-style robotics event that drives home the importance of obtaining the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills needed by future leaders to overcome the greatest challenges facing the world.

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