The list of senior secondary school
pupils shortlisted for the final round of the UBA Foundation’s National
Essay Competition, titled: “Is Social Media a safe place to make
friends?”, has been released.
The 12 highest scoring candidates
selected are: Orowale Promise, Baptist High School, Akwanga, Nasarawa
State; Abidoye Adeola, Breakthrough Academy, Lagos; Durueke Clinton,
International School, University of Lagos, Lagos; Sunday Kenneth, Dority
International Secondary School, Aba, Abia State; and Obi Daniel
Chukwudi of St. Thomas Secondary School, Kano, Kano State.
Others are: Ogbonnaya Lydia, St. Louis
Catholic Girls Secondary School, Ondo; Khadijah Akinleye, Crescent
College, Lagos; Orji Ubachukwu, Dority International Secondary School,
Aba; Doko Timilehin, CMS Grammar School, Lagos; Fabelurin Fehintoluwa,
Maverick College, Ibadan, Oyo State; Zubie-Okolo Ganiru, Federal
Government College, Enugu, Enugu State; and George Ekong, Nobles
International School, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State.
They were judged by four professors of English Language from different Nigerian universities.
The competition, which started in 2011,
is aimed at providing a competitive platform to develop the intellectual
and writing abilities of senior secondary school students in Nigeria.
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