Aisha Gombe, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Louisiana State
University, USA, has expressed her readiness to give back to her home
country through her expertise in education by influencing the standard of teaching Computer Science in Nigerian universities to meet global standards.
Prof Aisha Gombe , who just got a grant from the United States Security
Agency for Cybersecurity and Digital Forensic Laboratories,disclosed this
plan during a visit to Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO,Nigerians in Diaspora commission (NiDCOM), in her office in Abuja.
“The world is evolving, so we are currently working with Gombe State
University in Computer Science education through active learning,improving their curriculum, teaching more classes in artificial intelligence into science and more.”
“We are also working on modalities that will allow sending some of their
PhD students to me for bench work”, Gombe stated.
She has also funded 5 Nigerians to pursue their PhD in the United
States.
According to her, home is forever home and as a proud Nigerian, there
are a lot of opportunities, expertise and resources she can bring back
home.
Gombe reiterated that part of her work in USA involved working with
National and State Security Agencies on Cybersecurity and Digital Forensic. She was excited about her meeting with Vice President, Kashim Shetimma ,whom, she said, was already facilitating an
arrangement for her to carry out capacity development training for multiple agencies in Nigeria.
Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa who congratulated Aisha Gombe on her appointment following the United States National Security Agency grant of $1.5m to Louisiana State University for Cybersecurity Prototype Clinic (lab) for
experiential, noted that the country is very proud of her.
Aisha Ali Gombe obtained her Bachelors degree from University of Abuja
and her MBA at Bayero University, Kano, before leaving to the USA.
