16-Year-Old Emerges 2024 Prize Winner of NCDMB Essay Competition
A sixteen year old 200 level student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ojedele Jesuferanmi Emmanuel has emerged as the winner of the 8th Award and Prize giving Ceremony of Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board, NCDMB Annual National Undergraduate Essay Competition, 2024.
Ojedele was declared the winner among ten national finalists in an event held at NCDMB, Tower, Oxbow Lake road, Swali, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
Delivering a keynote address, Executive Secretary, NCDMB, Engineer Felix Omatsola Ogbe represented by Head of Corporate Communications, Barrister Esueme Dan Kikile noted that the NCDMB has sustained the essay competition for several years to inculcate the local content consciousness among undergraduates in higher institutions.
“Our sponsorship of this competition is in line with our mandate which is capacity building and local content development, we have sponsored this for 8 years because of the huge importance we attach to education and intellectual development of young members of our society”
Chairman of the occasion, Executive Secretary, Bayelsa State Educational Development Trust Fund, Dr Mrs Alice Atuwo represented by Mrs Adombari Tawari congratulated all the finalists for their hard work and doggedness which made them part of the top ten finalists in the essay competition.
Mrs Tawari used the occasion to caution the youths particularly the undergraduates to resist all forms of distraction and focus on reading and studying inorder to achieve academic success.
In his welcome address, Chief Executive Officer, Mahogany 21st Century Concepts Limited, Mr Eyinimi Omorozi pointed out that the competition is an academic exercise to create awareness for youths to use their talents and skills in local content participation.
“The competition promotes academic excellence, to help our youths develop themselves, build capacity and competence inorder to take advantage of the opportunities in the oil and gas industry in the country”
The winner, Ojedele Jesuferanmi Emmanuel expressed appreciation to God, his family and everyone who supported him.
He advised other undergraduates to make use of the opportunities given by NCDMB by submitting their entries for the essay competition.
