2013 National Essay Competition - UBA Foundation Calls for Entries from Senior Secondary School Students In Nigeria.
Divisional Head, Marketing and Corporate Relations, UBA Plc, Mr. Charles
Aigbe; Managing Director, UBA Foundation, Ms. Ijeoma Aso; Vice
Principal, Kings College, Mr. Charles Utomi ; and a judge and Professor
Ralph Akinfeleye, with students of Kings College, Lagos, during the
press launch announcing Call for Entries for 2013 UBA Foundation
National Essay Competition for Secondary Schools in Nigeria, held in
Lagos on Thursday
Ijeoma Aso, Managing Director/CEO, UBA Foundation, announced the call for entries at a press conference held on Thursday at the bank’s head office in
The national essay competition which is in its third consecutive year, has witnessed increased participation from students since it was first launched in 2011. According to her there were more than 2000 entries from all over the country in 2012 representing a 300 per cent increase from the previous year.
“The Essay competition is meant to complement UBA Foundation’s ‘Read Africa Initiative’ which is also part of the Foundation’s efforts in arresting the falling standard of education on the continent. This year we expect to receive more than 4000 entries for the competition. We encourage all senior secondary students across the country to send an entry with the next six weeks when the competition will be open. Entries close by November 1, 2013 and no late entry will be accepted” she explained.
To participate in the competition, eligible senior secondary students are expected to send in handwritten entries on the topic ‘How
The Divisional Head, Marketing and Corporate Relations, UBA Plc, Mr.
“The competition is a key aspect of our investment drive in human capital and we will continue to sustain the exercise. Education is very strategic to us as an institution. Each year, we also donate books to students in
Representative of the judges’ panel and Head of Department, Mass Communication,
As a the CSR platform for the UBA Group, UBA Foundation embodies the Group’s CSR objectives and seeks to impact positively on the society through a number of laudable projects and initiatives.
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