Queens College Yaba has won the 2021 edition of the School of Eloquence annual Eloquence Cup competition for senior secondary schools in Lagos State.
The government-owned girls’ secondary school, which was the defending champion of the competition, defeated nine other secondary schools drawn from different parts of the state to retain the Cup which they won in the last edition in 2019.
In the individual category, the third prize was won by Ude Arinze Goodluck of Kings College Lagos, while Queens College, Yaba, Lagos, bagged the second and first prize. Esther Eze came first, while Oluwakemi Lawal came second.
The first prize winner, Esther Eze, smiled home with a laptop, the second prize winner got a tab, while the third prize winner was rewarded with exotic stationery and a school bag.
Similarly, the first of the Breakout speaker, Adjete Happiness of Dairy Farm Senior Secondary School Agege got a cash reward of N25, 000, while the second Breakout Speaker, Samuel Bakare of State Senior High School, Oyewole Agege, got N15, 000 cash.
The Founder of the school, Mr. Ubong Essien, while announcing the winners, praised the performance of the nine participating schools.
“Our young men and women here today have given us hope that in the next 15 to 20 years, our democracy will become deepened with our House of Representatives and Senate driven by quality and robust dialogue based on the power of speaking.
