The students,
in interviews with NAN, said that their sacrifices, hard work and commitment
during the preparation gave them assurance of winning gold medals. A
16-year-old Anjolaoluwa Olowokere of Lagoon Secondary School, Aja, Lagos, said
that the team had worked hard in planning, designing and building their
robotics.
“This is a global robotic competition and the team is
well prepared for it.
“We are extremely happy to represent the country. We
are going to bring home three gold medals.
“I am confident we will get a gold medal in the
‘Zhangzheng Award of Engineering Design’, one of the award categories.
“It is an award given to the country or team with the
best engineering design of robotics.
“Another award category, I am confident of is the
‘First Global Alliance Award’ where three teams or countries come together to
form an alliance where the best country wins.
“We can only hope that with everything we have done
and with God on our side, we will come out victorious,” Olowokere said.
Also,
Dodie Iroaganachi, 17 of Queens College, Lagos, said:
“ We hope to come out top 10 among
the 193 teams from 187 countries,’’ Iroaganachi said.
Commenting,
Samuel Mbah, 16 of Osezele Comprehensive Senior School, Lagos, said that the
team would perform creditably well in the competition.
Mbah said that they had put in their best during
preparation for the competition, adding that they would make the country and
their sponsors, Aramex Technology, proud.
Also, Faisal Jarmakani, the Managing Director of
Aramex and Doculand Nig., had at a news conference in Lagos, said that the 2018
challenge in Mexico would be on “Energy Impact”. According to him, competitors
will be expected to solve problems related to energy with the use of robotics.
Jarmakani said that all the students were building
foundation blocks for a technology-advanced Nigeria.
“Without any
doubt, we will soon join other countries of the world where science and
technology have become the backbone of economic development,’’ he said. (NAN)
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