It was joy yesterday as Miss Otong Usungobong Paul, a 15-year old Federal Government Girls College, Ikot Obio-Itong, Akwa-Ibom State, student was announced winner of UBA Foundation national essay competition 2022.
She got a scholarship worth N5,000,000 to study in any African university of her choice.
This year’s topic was centred around the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ strike.
The competition now in its 12th year has the objective of ensuring that students in secondary schools are able to convey their ideas and express themselves through writing.
Paul also got a brand new laptop computer, trophy, plaque and school bag. The competition which was judged by a panel based on expression of ideas, mechanical accuracy, originality and organisation, saw her beating 11 other participants out of over 5,000 entries received by the foundation from students of senior secondary schools across the country.
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