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The Lagos State University, Vice Chancellor, Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello mni has congratulated the 5 students representatives of the Department of Fisheries for emerging winners of the 2022 annual Millennium Oceans prize worth Five Thousand United States Dollars ($5,000).
Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, mni expressing her delight in the new feat stated that the win would further strengthen the university's soaring global reputation and serve as a motivation for other students of the University.
Adeyemi Michael Akanbi, Dawodu Fareed, Obadare Samuel Adenekan, Adebola Rasheedat Adewale and Precious Onyeka Nkwor, the award winners, were supervised by Associate Professors of the department, Dr. Ayofe M. Hammed and Dr. Kafayat A. Fakoya, both Associate Professors.
Meanwhile, the LASU campaign initiative tagged, "Lagos Plastic Revolution, which won the grand prize was selected as the best among the over 200 applications received from over 200 universities in 53 countries across the globe in the annual competition organised by Millenium Campus Network (MCN) and Remmer Family Foundation.
The main objective of the campaign was to reduce the menace of plastic litters ending up in Lagos waterways, starting with the three campuses of Lagos State University as case studies. Expectedly, the plastics collected would be processed into paving stones for building constructions.
Notably, Sponsors of the annual Millenium Oceans Global prize, MCN, is a global students network advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) with headquarters in Boston, Massachussets, USA, while its partner, the Remmer Family Foundation, based in Jacksonville, USA is a private charitable foundation committed to providing opportunities to make differences in communities.
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