Nigerian Whiz Kid Wins Trump's Presidential AwardIkechukwu Nwachukwu Dikko

A few Nigerians have and are currently representing the country well in their endeavours abroad and Ikechukwu Nwachukwu Dikko is the newest addition to the list.

The brilliant chap is a huge force to reckon with in the international educational sector. He has been winning awards in his elite school and in the White House, the latest being The Presidential Award For Elite Scholarship in America and the Connecticut Seal of Biliteracy.

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Fondly known as ‘Professor” among his peers, the whiz kid has demonstrated a lot of intellectual potentials both at home and in his surroundings.

It should be noted that he presidential award is given to young students who have demonstrated outstanding academic brilliance while the seal is awarded to students of Notre Dame who are skilled in at least eight different foreign languages.

Ikechukwu Nwachukwu Dikko can boast of being perfectly fluent in 10 languages which are Igbo, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Dutch, and German.

In a letter personally signed by President Donald Trump, Ikechukwu was described as a brilliant academic student who is well-positioned to achieve great things in life.

Notre Dame in reacting to the awards said that it is not in any way surprised by the academic brilliance of Ikechechukwu.

His ambition is to one day become the head of the Central Intelligence Agency.

 

AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK