Peter Mbah, governor of Enugu State (a state in southeastern Nigeria), hosted 13-year-old Chimdiebube Onwubiko at the Government House on Monday to celebrate the student's gold medal in Mathematics and silver medal in Science at the International STEM Olympiad in Rome, where competitors from 54 countries participated. Onwubiko, a junior secondary school student at Evergreen College in Enugu, competed in the Grades 9–11 category despite his young age. Governor Mbah awarded the student ₦2 million (approximately $1,300), his Mathematics teacher Chisom Unachukwu ₦2 million, and Evergreen Schools ₦1 million, while reaffirming his administration's commitment to expanding quality education across the state through its Smart Green Schools initiative.