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Events
National Essay
Competition:
Winners Emerge
in Nigeria,
Senegal and
Ghana
The UBA Foundation National Essay
competition for secondary schools
has produced winners in three Afri-
can countries.
In Nigeria, 15-year old Fabelurin
Fehintoluwa of Maverick College,
Ibadan, Oyo State, emerged winner
of the coveted prize of a N1 million
educational grant. 16 year old Obi
Daniel Chukwudum of St. Thomas
Secondary School, Kano, Kano,
emerged first runner-up and winner of
N750, 000 education grant, while the
second runner-up was 15-year old
Sunday Kenneth Ikemsinachi of Dority
International Secondary School, Aba,
Abia State who also won a N500,
000 education grant to study in any
African University of his choice.
In Ghana, Paulina Mensah Boadi-
waa, a 17-year-old student of the
Wesley Girls High School was ad-
judged winner of the National Essay
Competition. She was rewarded with
an educational grant worth GHS
17,700.00. The first-runner up, Makafui
Ama Tse Esther of Mawuli Senior High
School, and second runner-up, Dor-
casNuku Darko of Keta Senior High
School will receive education grants
of GHS 12,390.00 and GHS 7,080.00
respectively towards their university
education.
In Senegal, Fatima Zahra Ndoye, a
17-year old student of Cours sainte
Marie de Hann, emerged the winner
of the 2014 UBA Foundation National
Essay Competition for senior sec-
ondary school students. She will get
an educational grant worth CFA 2,
453,000.00 to help with her university
tuition. Aminatou Aïdara and Aïssa-
tou Ndiaye both students of Maison
d’éducation Mariama Bâ emerged
as the first and second runners-up
from the competition. They will
receive CFA 1,717,000.00 and CFA
981,000.00 respectively in education-
al grants to help with their university
tuition.
L-R: Ijeoma Aso, MD/CEO, UBA Foundation; Apollos Ikpobe, DMD, Domestic Bank; 2nd Prize winner and
Student of Saint Thomas Secondary School, Kano, Master, Obi Chukwudum; First PrizeWinner of UBA
Foundation’s National Essay Competition in Nigeria and Student of Maverick College, Ibadan, Miss Fabe-
lurin Fehintoluwa; 3rd Prize winner and Student of Dority International Secondary School, Aba, Master
Sunday Ikemsinachi and DMD/CEO, UBA Africa, Kennedy Uzoka during the grand finale of UBA Founda-
tion National Essay Competition for Senior Secondary Schools in Nigeria, held at UBA House, Lagos
L-R: MD/CEO, UBA Foundation, Ms. Ijeoma Aso; 2nd runner up, Aïssatou Ndiaye; Winner, National Essay
Competition in Senegal, Fatima Zahra Ndoye; 1st runner up, Aminatou Aïdara andMD/CEO, UBA Senegal,
Mrs. Amie Sow
L-R: Ijeoma Aso, MD/CEO, UBA Foundation; Nuku Darko Dorcas, 2nd runner up; Hon. Samuel Okudzeto
Ablakwa, Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Education; Paulina BoadiwaaMensah, Winner, 2014 National Essay
Competition in Ghana andMakafui Ama Tse Esther, first runner up at the grand finale of the maiden
edition of UBA Foundation’s National Essay Competition in Ghana
