United Kingdom Commissions Nigerian Into Its Royal Air Force

Joel Adams, a Nigerian was on Thursday commissioned into the British Royal Air Force as a Flying Officer of an Aero-Systems Specialist Engineer.

Mr. Adams, a native of Abejukolo in the Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State graduated with first-class degree in Electrical Engineering from the Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State.

He holds a PhD in Industrial Systems and Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Cambridge after completing a master’s degree in Control Systems from the Imperial College London.

He was a recipient of the Presidential Scholarship for Innovation and Development under the former President Goodluck Jonathan administration.

He was made a British citizen shortly after his commissioning.