A Nigerian professor identified as Bosede Afolabi has made the country proud by winning the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant.

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) gynaecologist was awarded a research grant of $2,518,474.00 (N958,908,975.50). Her project is titled Intravenous Versus Oral Iron for Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Pregnant Nigerian Women (IVON).

The disclosure was made by UNILAG, which celebrated the Nigerian professor on its LinkedIn page.

According to UNILAG website, Professor Bosede Afolabi is internationally recognised for her research in sickle cell pregnancy.

Her project, which is titled, ‘’Intravenous Versus Oral Iron for Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Pregnant Nigerian Women {IVON}”, is sponsored to the tune of $2, 518, 474.00 of the IVON Project.

As Principal Investigator, Professor Afolabi will lead a multicentre study which will run for 3 years (November 1, 2020 – October 31, 2023). The study will be conducted in 10 hospitals within Lagos and Kano States and it will recruit a total of 1,056 women at 20-32 weeks gestational age, who are diagnosed as having anaemia at the antennal clinics of the hospitals.

In addition to the international collaborations and partnerships which the study will facilitate between UNILAG and other Universities in the US and Europe, it will also contribute to local human capacity development with the sponsorship of junior faculties for postgraduate trainings (M.Sc. and PhD).

Professor Bosede Afolabi is internationally recognized for her research in sickle cell pregnancy. Her interests are in maternal and fetal medicine, minimal access (laparoscopic) Surgery and Maternal education. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists UK, West African College of Surgeons, and the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria.

Source: https://unilag.edu.ng/?p=8231

Nigerians soon flooded the comment section of the post to congratulate Professor Afolabi.

Source: https://www.legit.ng/1409894-nigerian-female-professor-wins-n958m-grant-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-many-hail-her.html

That is a lot of money, I beg who get Bill Gates number I wan ask am for just one thing....

Ever8090:
That is a lot of money, I beg who get Bill Gates number I wan ask am for just one thing....

This is Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation number: +12067093400.

But I don’t think they give grants directly to individuals

A Good Nigerian.

Tell him you are from poverty of the world capital that you're very hungry right now.

Ever8090:
That is a lot of money, I beg who get Bill Gates number I wan ask am for just one thing....

Great!

Congratulations to the winner.

Our religious knuckleheads won't see this. Bill and melinda be saving Africa since time began. I hope they don't tag it 666 or population control

UNILAG is getting it right with these big ticket grants their lecturers are getting almost every week. Some of these other universities can find out how UNILAG lecturers prepare their grant applications and follow through to success. Although I doubt if UNILAG will "show them the way".

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weldone Ma, keep making your family proud

Anytime I see and hear about an ACADEMIA doing fine, I go just dey happy... Anytime I hear our POLITICIANS do anyhow, I'm not surprised.. Nothing fit shock me again about them

So the 900 million naira doesn't contain monitoring tracker, voice recorder or GPS? It doesn't kill Africans too?

This greatly shows that poverty and hunger is the highest cause of people whipping up weird conspiracy theories and abnormal stories.

A person who is handsomely employed or has a profitable business that yeilds good money will know how it feels to have financial freedom and time and then understand that nothing, I repeat, nothing, will ever make a $100b+ retiree like Bill Gates to even have the weirdest thought of having to inject monitor or whatever they call it inside some poor Nigerian or anyone at all. The technology to do such is not even available. If available Bill Gates will have to spend of $200bn to inject only Nigeria with 200m people $2000 trackers each. His networth is only $150bn or so.

The most embarrassing part of these stories is the that people spreading it took polio vaccines donated by Bill Gates as infants, they didn't die, only to grow up and think Bill Gates or someone somewhere wants to eat their destiny or monitor their movement. Same person owns a smartphone with GPS, Internet connection and a gallery full of his photos, has a Facebook account with all his information, and then a bank account with all his accurate personal information/biometrics and financial details and history - all stored with computers running on Windows operating system that was developed by...wait for it...Bill Gates.

Congrats to Doc.

Big congratulations to her.

Yoruba lagba

Anybody u see writing Igbo amaka or Yoruba amaka anytime they read about achievement of people on nairaland are monumental failures in life....e get why.

And a certain Doctor in the North is busy defending terrorists and bandits. Well, maybe Bandits are the ones sponsoring him.

Congratulations professor

Great to hear, congrats ma.. This is laudable

MASSIVE

She don make am for life

congrats ma

winning101:
So the 900 million naira doesn't contain monitoring tracker, voice recorder or GPS? It doesn't kill Africans too?

This greatly shows that poverty and hunger is the highest cause of people whipping up weird conspiracy theories and abnormal stories.

A person who is handsomely employed or has a profitable business that yeilds good money will know how it feels to have financial freedom and time and then understand that nothing, I repeat, nothing, will ever make a $100b+ retiree like Bill Gates to even have the weirdest thought of having to inject monitor or whatever they call it inside some poor Nigerian or anyone at all. The technology to do such is not even available. If available Bill Gates will have to spend of $200bn to inject only Nigeria with 200m people $2000 trackers each. His networth is only $150bn or so.

The most embarrassing part of these stories is the that people spreading it took polio vaccines donated by Bill Gates at infant, they didn't die, only to grow up and think Bill Gates or someone somewhere wants to eat their destiny or monitor their movement. Same person owns a smartphone with GPS, Internet connection and a gallery full of his photos, has a Facebook account with all his information, and then a bank account with all his accurate personal information/biometrics and financial details and history - all stored with computers running on Windows operating system that was developed by...wait for it...Bill Gates.

Congrats to Doc.

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they hardly reason nah just following the insensitive crowd.

But why announce it public knowing the federal government will want to loan the money from her,with or without her consent

Chai!

The sad thing is

70% of the money will be lavished for her selfishness and personal uses. That's the sad thing with most Nigerian researchers that wins grants. Very USELESS people.

All the researches they've been doing all these years, what positive values has it added to Nigeria economically?
They usually end up on the shelves.
No actualisation
No implementation

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Wow that is some huge cash .. You can make it big academically you don't have to do olosho or yahoo..




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Tomorrow, some yeye people would say that Bill Gates wants to kill them with his vaccine.

Congratulations, Prof Bosede.

And thank you, the world's #1 Doctor (Bill Gates)

NIGERIA AMAKA! BUT MOST ESPECIALLY:

YORUBA AMAKA OOOOOOOOOO.

I bet that money was up a billion.....what happened to the remaining?

Nigeria people has great potentials but its unfortunate that the nation in gradually sinking.

Bill can we talk? It’s highly important. As a matter of fact it’s a national emergency.

We don't fund research's in this country.
Lord give me the capacity to do so.

Congratulations to Prof Mrs for contributing her quota despite all odds. She will become the envy of many and the University will want to micro-manage the funds if it is routed through them. Medicine remains one of the few fields where students are well impacted on while in school and has direct application outside school and doctors study more even while practising because the field is ever changing with improved methods. Most field Nigerian currently study are only Keep students in University to grow beard / breast and to show them hardlife. I have laptop eternally battery for sale, more than ten hours guaranteed. Prof, we are proud of you Ma. Research grants for student research won't be a problem under her, sharp student should go and apply for masters and PhD under her. I encourage everyone to never give up on any application because if you don't apply, you can't win. Stay motivated!