15-yr-old Fabelurin Fehintoluwa wins UBA Foundation Essay contest

Winners of the 2014 UBA Foundation National Essay Competition have emerged. This was disclose on Monday in a ceremony held at UBA House, Lagos.

Miss Fabelurin Fehintoluwa, 15, of Maverick College, Ibadan, Oyo State clinches the N1 million education grant to attend any university of her choice in Africa. The grant becomes effective immediately she gains admission to the university.

Besides, 16-year-old Master Obi Daniel Chukwudum of St. Thomas Secondary School, Kano and Master Sunday Kenneth Ikemsinachi 15, of Dority International Secondary School, Aba, Abia State emerged as first and second runner-up respectively carting away with N750,000 and N500,000 grants to study in any African University of their choice.

The three winners emerged after 12 finalists were invited from a total of nearly 2000 entries to write a final essay competition at the UBA Head Office in Lagos from which three emerged overall winners. All 12 finalists were also given certificates and brand new laptops to help them in their studies.

The UBA Foundation National Essay Competition, which is open to all students of Senior Secondary Schools in Nigeria, is a follow up on the Foundation’s Read Africa Initiative and aims at providing a competitive platform to develop the intellectual and writing abilities of senior secondary school students in Nigeria.

The competition has been held annually since 2011 with students being challenged to write on different engaging topics.