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The Lion King | 45
M
aster Ikenna Ugwuegbulam,
a student of International
School, University of Lagos,
Akoka, Lagos State emerged the
overall winner of the 2012 edition
of UBA Foundation National Essay
Competition for Secondary School
Students in Nigeria. At the grand
finale and prize giving ceremony
held at the UBA headquarters on
Monday, December 3, 2012, he got an
educational grant of N1m to study in
any African university; a coveted prize
contested amongst the 12 finalists
in the essay competition in which
students from Nigerian secondary
schools were invited to write on an
essay topic 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 emerged
as the first runner-up while Nwaezuoke
Anastasia of Federal Science and
Technical College, Yaba, Lagos took
the third position. They won the sum of
N750,000 and N500,000 respectively
as educational grants to study in any
African university. All the 12 finalists got
a laptop gift from the Foundation.
1. L-R: MD, UBA Foundation, Ms. I jeoma
Aso; DMD, UBA Plc, Mr. Kennedy
Uzoka; 1st Runner Up; Master
Arokoruba Cheetham-West; Winner,
Master Ugwuegbulam Ikenna; 2nd
Runner-Up, Nwaezuoke Anastasia;
Director, UBA Pensions and Managing
Director, Financial Derivates
Company Ltd, Mr. Bismark Rewane;
and Member, Board of Trustees, UBA
Foundation and MD, UBA Pensions,
Mrs. Tomi Somefun at the Grand
Finale and Prize Giving Ceremony
of UBA Foundation National Essay
Competition for Secondary Schools in
Nigeria 2012
2. Ms. I jeoma Aso flanked by the final ists
of UBA Foundation National Essay
Competition for Secondary Schools in
Nigeria 2012
3. DMD, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka (Left) and
Mr. Bismark Rewane (Right) presenting
a laptop and certificate to one of the
final ists, John Awok
4. A cross section of attendees at
the Prize Giving Ceremony of
UBA Foundation National Essay
Competition for Secondary Schools in
Nigeria 2012
Ikenna Ugwuegbulam Emerges Winner of 2012
UBA Foundation National Essay Competition
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