President Goodluck Jonathan
today (Thursday 6) presented
the 2012 Nigerian National Order of
Merit Award to Professor Samuel
Ohaegbulam (medicine) and Professor
Emmanuel Oyeleye (humanities) at the
Council Chambers of the Presidential
Villa, Abuja.
The president said that the purpose of
the award is to encourage technological
research essential for socio-economic
development of the country.
Jonathan also assured the Nigerian
National Merit Award (NNMA) of
Federal Government continuous
support.
Prof Samuel Ohaegbulam is a consultant neurosurgeon at the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus and director of Memfys neurosurgical hospital Enugu.
His son Chima is also a celebrated consultant neurosurgeon in the US.
Prof Emmanuel Oyeleye is with the University of Ibadan.
The national order of merit award is
the highest and most prestigious
honour the nation bestows on its
citizens at home and in the Diaspora
for proving creative intellectual and
academic contribution of national and
global significance.
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The number of recipient of the 33 year
old award which spreads across all areas
of human endeavours with the two new
awardees has increased to 67, an
average of two per year.

Memfys neurosurgical hospital is the only private centre that has accreditation to train board certified neurosurgeons in West Africa.