With less than one week to the grand finale of the 2018 Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation National (NNPC) Science Quiz Competition billed for October 8 and 9 at the corporate headquarters of the corporation in Abuja, participating states are taking measures to ensure successful outing by their representatives.
Edo State, one of those presenting finalists in this year’s competition, has taken the event a notch higher with pledge by the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, to provide the needed fulcrum that will ensure the successful outing of Alikah Joseph Ehiagwina, the state representative in the 2018 competition.
The governor, in a statement last week, said the impressive performance by Ehiagwina was a call on other Edo youth to apply themselves vigorously in socially approved and rewarding ventures to make their parents and the state proud.
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“We will continue to provide the needed support for Edo children such as Alikah to excel academically. His performance at the state level of the competition is encouraging and goes to show that, when given the opportunity, our children can compete favourably with their peers anywhere in the world,’’ he said.
The governor noted that the exploit also shows that much could be achieved through sustained collaboration with all stakeholders in the education sector and government’s insistence on standards. He urged the student to make the best of the opportunity offered by the NNPC and return home with the coveted trophy.
Ehiagwina, a student of Don Bosco Science Academy, Ukhun, in Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State, emerged winner of the state category of the 2018 NNPC Science Quiz Competition with a total score of 83 percent. He later finished second at the zonal final of the contest held in Asaba in July this yea.
The governor is expected to grace the grand finale of the contest.
Ndu Ughamadu, NNPC group general manager, Group Public Affairs Division, in a release in Abuja, said provisions had been made by the corporation to provide adequate comfort and moral boosters to the 18 whiz kids across the six geo-political zones that would lock horns in what promised to be an exciting final showdown.
Ughamadu quoted the corporation’s GMD as having expressed satisfactions with the arrangements so far made for the 2018 edition of the Competition, saying as the flagship of the corporation’s Corporate Social Responsibility Projects (CSR), NNPC would back the context with necessary resources to ensure its success and continued relevance.
