A Senior Secondary School (SSS) student of the International School, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State, Master Ikenna Ugwuegbulam, has emerged the overall winner of the 2012 edition of the UBA Foundation National Essay Competition for secondary schools in Nigeria.
He bagged the first position, which has the prize of educational grant of N1 million to study in any African university, at the grand finale and prize giving ceremony, held at the UBA headquarters, on Monday.
He emerged winner out of 11 other finalists in the essay competition in which students from Nigerian secondary schools were invited to write an essay titled: “As an African President, what would be your plans for the educational sector?
Arokoruba Cheetam-West of University of Calabar International Secondary School, Calabar, Cross River State, emerged as the first runner-up while the third position was taken by Nwaezuoke Anastasia of Federal Science and Technical College, Yaba, Lagos. They also won N750,000 and N500,000 respectively as educational grant to study in any African university. However, all the 12 finalists got a laptop gift each from the Foundation.
Speaking at the prize giving ceremony, Deputy Managing Director, UBA Plc, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka, said the essay competition recorded an increase in the number of entries from 719 essays last year to over 2000 in 2012.
CONGRATULATIONS IKENNA. Shows some students are still reading and not facebooking.