Winners emerge at NCF essay competition

12 winners have emerged in the 15th edition of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF)/Ambassador Aduke Alakija Memorial National Schools’ Art and Essay competition.

This was announced by the NCF in a statement on Tuesday.

“Environmental education is a key focus of the NCF in reaching the Nigerian students and youths across all levels of education, hence the establishment of the annual National Schools’ Art & Essay competition in honour of one of its founding trustees, late Ambassador Aduke Alakija,” the statement said.

The annual National Schools’ Art and Essay competition was first held in 1988 as part of NCF’s education and awareness programme in the formal school system. The art competition is open to anyone between 5 – 18 years old, while the essay competition is open to anyone between 12-18 years of age, in full-time education.

The entries are endorsed by the Principal/Head Teacher of the participants’ school and submitted to the State Ministries of Education for initial assessment. The best five entries in each of the category are submitted by the 36 State Ministries of Education and the Federal Capital Territory to NCF for the final assessment.

Winners were decided by NCF’s team of judges, who are professionals in the field of arts and literature.

Started in 1988, the annual competition has grown from participation of one state to 32 States in 2019, representing approximately 90% geographic spread participation – with over 500 schools.

The winners of the years editions were Adegbola Marvellous Toluwani, 1st place in the Junior category of the essay competition; Alawode Abdul-lateef, 2nd place in the Junior category of the essay competition; Oyelola Moyosola, 3rd place in the Junior category of the essay competition; Ayodele Mercy Kehinde, 1st place in the senior category of the essay competition; Ademuluyi Oreoluwa, 2nd place in the senior category of the essay competition; Precious Nneoma, 3rd place in the senior category of the essay competition and Udoh Destiny Godwin, 1st place in the Junior category of the Art competition.

Others were Subair Destiny, 2nd place in the Junior category of the Art competition; Usman Amirat, 3rd place in the Junior category of the Art competition; Adesina James, 1st place in the senior category of the Art competition; Giwa Omolabake Naomi, 2nd place in the senior category of the Art competition; Opayemi Emmanuel, 3rd place in the senior category of the Art competition.