NIGERIAN EMERGES FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BAG PHD IN ROBOTICS AT MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. (PHOTOS).

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 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐠 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐈𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐀𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 A Nigerian woman, Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi, has made history as the first black woman to bag a PhD in Robotics at the University of Michigan in the United States.  Speaking at the university's College of Engineering convocation, Dosunmu-Ogunbi, a daughter of Nigerian immigrants, spoke on the support she received in realising her aspirations. She said,  "I do not stand here on my own two feet alone. None of us got here by our individual merit alone, whether it be teacher, friends, family, mentors, or role models, we each have one or multiple people to whom we are grateful for making this moment possible." She added that she wants to be remembered as the University of Michigan's first black woman to get a PhD in Robotics and she wants to use her knowledge in engineering to improve the lives of others. More photos below. 

LAGOS STATE MIDWIVES DEMONSTRATED IN FRONT OF THE GOVT HOUSE TODAY,OVER 20 MONTHS SALARY ARREARS.

                  Today monday,some midwives in Lagos state stormed the Lagos state Governor's office and the Lagos State House of Assembly to protest the refusal of the Lagos State Government to pay them their 20 months salary arrears.Armed with placards,the midwives under the aegis of Midwives Services Scheme,MSS,expressed their displeasure over the non payment of their entitlements since January 2013 to date.Some of the placards carried by the women reads ''Reduced Maternal and Child Mortaliry,midwife is the answer,pay us our allowances'',''MSS midwives demanded payment of salaries,Jan-December 2013 and Jan-December 2015'',Governor Ambode,Pay MSS allowances'',''MSS midwives,no pay,no work,Gov.Ambode please pay our salaries''.Mrs Beatrice Iioegbunam,spokesperson for the protesters stated that they were employed by the federal government in 2010 to work under the Millennium Development Goals,MDGs to help to reduce maternal and child mortality in the villages.According to her,their salaries are paid by the three tiers of government in a ratio of,FG N40,000,State,N37,500 while the the local governments beefs it up with some stipends as it suits them.''Most of us were posted into the rural areas and we have to travel about 119 km to get to where i work,in rural setting.There is no electricity and we did deliveries touching lives to ensure that mortality rate is reduced in the village ad for us sorry we have no money.So,we are fed up,hence we came here''.

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