11-year-old boy, Joshua Fred, wins Lagos government award for coding calculator

An 11-year-old boy, Joshua Fred, has won the Lagos government boy child initiative award for coding a calculator.

The boy child initiative was launched by Lagos State First Lady, Claudina Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu to encourage parents to train their male children to become responsible members of society.

11-year-old Joshua Fred who won the junior boy category of the award, was given a cash prize of N450,000 by the Lagos state First Lady.

His excited mother, Ngozi Emereole Fred who shared the news on Facebook, wrote;

“Congratulations to my boy Josh. Champion Junior category of First lady of Lagos state talent hunt. No be everyday we get opportunity to go to state House. I remember how this journey started. Thank God today, your passion has made you a champion. So proud of you my boy. Congratulations JoJo kiddies smile school satellite town Lagos where the foundation was laid and nurtured. congratulations Mater dei height college for building on this foundation. Thanks to his uncle Ikenna my brother, Mr Malik and Mr Bassey for all your support throughout this journey. This is one of those once in a life time opportunities”

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Recall that 3 years ago, a 10-year-old Nigerian girl was hired by a school in the United Kingdom to be a coding instructor.

Emmanuella Mayaki, a coding and programming prodigy received her first job at the Southfield Primary School in Coventry, England, as the after school coding club teacher.

Face 2 Face Africa said at the time that she will be responsible for teaching other kids her age about the basics of coding including HTML and CSS.