The number of Nigerians studying for various degrees in the US has increased to over 9500 students. Daily Post reports the the United States deputy chief mission to Nigeria made the remarks.
Ms. Brewer comments came at the orientation lecture organised for Nigerian students admitted to over 700 American institutions for the 2016 academic session
Many of the students are postgraduate, some of whom have landed scholarships.
Responding, one of the participants, Oludare Victor, a post-graduate of Federal University of Technology Minna, said he got admission intoTuft University to pursue his Ph.D programme.
“I am going to study electrical and computer engineering. My major is control and robotics that is my research interest in my PhD.”
“I am coming back to Nigeria to become a lecturer, so that I can get students to work on problem related to industries automated, we need robot.”
They were urged to be good ambassadors of Nigeria, and take their studies serious.
Postgraduate Nigeria wishes them best of luck.