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of over 900 students that participated in the 9th edition of the Mike
Okonkwo Essay Competition across the country recently, Ahia Fego of
Brilliant Chid College, Akoka, Lagos has clinched the first position.
Chinaza Okoli of Vivian Fowler School for Girls and Master Mark
Nwabiankea of the Lagos State Senior Model College emerged second and
third respectively.
Fego scored 81 per cent while Okoli and Nwabiankea had 74 and 67 per cent.
Fego will receive the star prize of a Laptop and N100,000 cash for himself and threet sets of Internet ready Desktop computers with a printer for his School.
Okoli will get a cash price of N75,000.00 for herself and two Internet Ready Desktop Computers with a printer for her school, while the third place winner will receive N50,000.00 for himself and a set of computer for the school. Consolation prices of N20,000 naira each will be given to the remaining six runners-up
The Chief Examiner and Professor of English from the University of Lagos, Prof Akachi Ezigbo commended Bishop Mike Okonkwo of TREM for conceiving the project.
The examination, which was conducted and held at TREM Headquarters, Lagos according to her, teaches the youth the value of hard work and inculcates in them the virtues of integrity and discipline.
She said: “To work is to pray. Through this competition, TREM stresses that diligence and prayer work hand in hand for success to be achieved.”
She acknowledged the intelligence of the of the overall winner, who had also emerged the 2011 overall winner. Her words: “Ahia Fego was outstanding in all aspects with hardly any blemish.
“According to the Corporate Affairs Officer, Mr Olanrewaju Fabiyi, prizes will be presented to the winners at the 13th Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture on September 5, holding at the Muson Centre Lagos. .
Fego scored 81 per cent while Okoli and Nwabiankea had 74 and 67 per cent.
Fego will receive the star prize of a Laptop and N100,000 cash for himself and threet sets of Internet ready Desktop computers with a printer for his School.
Okoli will get a cash price of N75,000.00 for herself and two Internet Ready Desktop Computers with a printer for her school, while the third place winner will receive N50,000.00 for himself and a set of computer for the school. Consolation prices of N20,000 naira each will be given to the remaining six runners-up
The Chief Examiner and Professor of English from the University of Lagos, Prof Akachi Ezigbo commended Bishop Mike Okonkwo of TREM for conceiving the project.
The examination, which was conducted and held at TREM Headquarters, Lagos according to her, teaches the youth the value of hard work and inculcates in them the virtues of integrity and discipline.
She said: “To work is to pray. Through this competition, TREM stresses that diligence and prayer work hand in hand for success to be achieved.”
She acknowledged the intelligence of the of the overall winner, who had also emerged the 2011 overall winner. Her words: “Ahia Fego was outstanding in all aspects with hardly any blemish.
“According to the Corporate Affairs Officer, Mr Olanrewaju Fabiyi, prizes will be presented to the winners at the 13th Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture on September 5, holding at the Muson Centre Lagos. .
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