Nigeria has been granted the hosting
right for the 2015 edition of the World Schools Debate Competition after
the country’s participation in the 2014 competition, which took place
in Bangkok, Thailand.
Announcing the commencement of the
Presidential Schools Debate, which this year’s edition is tagged 54th
Independence Anniversary Schools Debate, Coordinator of the Presidential
Schools Debate, Dare Oritu, said Nigeria won the hosting right due to
the brilliant performance of its students in Bangkok recently. The
debate will attract participation from over 60 countries.
“Our performance at the last World
Debate School Championship has given Nigeria the right to host the next
international debate. By April next year, we are going to host the first
World Schools Debate in Nigeria,” Oritu said.
Nigeria was recently promoted to the
rank of competition committee membership, which gave it an edge to host
the next year’s edition. The country was initially expected to compete
against Germany for the 2016 event hosting right, but its participation
in Bangkok earned it the 2015 hosting right.
This year’s Presidential Schools Debate
ends today in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Chairman, Advisory
Board of the debate and former Minister of State for Education,
Professor Jerry Agada, said the competition, which was earlier scheduled
to coincide with the nation’s independence anniversary, was put off
following the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in the country.
Meanwhile, 26 states out of the 36 states of the federation are expected to take part in the independence debate.
Culled from TheGuardian Newspaper
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