Anambra state government to sponsor 16-year old who developed bitter leaf processing machine

ANAMBRA State government has promised to sponsor secondary school student Dikanna Onuigbo who invented a machine that processes bitter leaves to attend the university to study mechanical engineering.

 

Mr Onuigbo, 16, a student of Community Secondary School, Okpuno, Awka South Local Government Area, put together a mechanical machine that processes the leaves. A Senior Secondary School Three pupil, he said his dream was to patent the invention and secure funding for its commercialisation.

 

Deputy governor, Dr Nkem Okeke, who promised to offer Mr Onuigbo a scholarship in Awka, also assured him of government assistance in patenting his invention. He praised the youngster for his resourcefulness, saying the feat was an indication that the state was blessed with talented people.

 

Mr Onuigbo said the machine would spare people the agony of going through the hand processing method they were traditionally used to over the years. Accompanied by his father, Peter Onuigbo, the Anambra-born student, demonstrated his invention before the agriculture commissioner Afam Mbanefo in Awka.

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