Amsterdam, Netherlands – Wetin dey happen for dis scientific world? One of dem top physicists wey sabi how to create graphene, Andre Geim, don run into wahala as him don lose him Dutch citizenship just like that! This matter sharp like pepper soup, as e dey affect Nobel Prize winners for 2025.
According to reports from The New York Times, Geim wey be big scientist wey Born for Sochi in 1958, don come out with mouth talk say him dey ‘extremely annoyed’ as the Netherlands government tell am say him no fit call dem Dutch again. Wetin happen? This one na after he collect British citizenship to chop knighthood for UK. Na wah!
Geim and him sidekick, Konstantin Novoselov, snagged the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010, for their sharp brain work wey dem use take create graphene – you know, di thinnest and strongest material wey fit use for touch screens and all those fancy gadgets wey dey shine for your hand. E be like say him success don backfire! (Just shows say sometimes, you fit win big but still lose).
Him talk say, “The history and time I spent in the Netherlands, working there, are very dear to my heart,” but na wetin go sweet pass am if e fit still hold dem Dutch passport while e enjoy Sir Andre title? Na so am people dey find solution for wahala wey dey come from dem strict dual citizenship laws wey Netherlands get. E be like say e no too easy to juggle two passports for there!
E be like say Geim no fit dodge this wahala, as him must pack him passport go Dutch embassy for London, or else Interpol go come knock for him door! This one dey remind me of when I no return my neighbor’s jollof pot after party – you fit talk say na drama wey get many episodes!
For context, when United Kingdom dey part ways with European Union in 2020, e make things no too sweet for people wey wan manage multiple nationality. Geim just wan wear crown of knighthood but instead na wahala he get.
As dem dey follow this matter, we fit just dey watch wahala wey go arise from all dis scientific jetsam, and who know, maybe dis case fit eventually inspire new policy wey go fit hold both old and new citizens at least in peace. (Or e fit just be another case where dem just go dey look us like lab rats!).
