46 | The Lion King
Events Diary
W
inners of this year’s UBA
Foundation National Essay
Competition for Secondary
Schools in Nigeria, emerged at the
grand finale held at the amphitheatre,
UBA House on Monday, December 2,
2013.
The competition is organised annually to
improve writing skills among Secondary
School pupils in Nigeria.
Master Ezenwa Joseph Okonkwo,
a fifteen year old student of Ambol
Comprehensive High School, Akesan-
Igando, Lagos, won the coveted prize
of N1m educational grant, from nearly
2,000 entries received across the
country.
Toluwase Adeagbo of Sharon Rose
Schools College, Saki and Korie Ijeoma
Jennifer of Air Force Secondary School,
Port Harcourt emerged first and second
runner-ups, winning the sum of N750, 000
and N500, 000 as educational grants.
Deputy Managing Director, Mr. Kennedy
Uzoka, explained that the initiative
was not only to test the aptitude and
knowledge of the students but has
become a pipeline to groom future UBA
Ambassadors.
The winners would go to any university
of their choice in Africa and remain part
of the UBA family provided they are of
good behaviour.
Winners Emerge in UBA
National Essay Competition
1ST Prize Winner, Master Ezenwa Joseph Okonkwo
(Middle); 1st Runner-Up, Miss Toluwase Adeagbo
(2nd left) and; 2nd Runner Up, Miss Korie Ijeoma
Jenniffer (right) with DMD, Kennedy Uzoka (3rd left);
MD/CEO, UBA Foundation, Ms Ijeoma Aso (left)
and President, Institute of Chartered Accountant of
Nigeria (ICAN), Alhaji Alkali Mohammed
A cross section of the twelve finalists of the 2013 UBA Foundation National Essay
Competition for Secondary School Students in Nigeria.
A cross section of students of various Secondary Schools in Nigeria and other
invited guests at the Grand Finale
