Over 50,000 students have benefited from the Seplat Energy Pearls Quiz Competition in Edo and Delta States.
The competition is an annual event organised by Seplat and its partners (NNPC) for secondary schools in its host communities.
The 2022 edition of the competition held at the Imaguero Secondary School, Benin City, Edo State, at the weekend, was won by Green Park Academy, Benin City in Edo State, who defeated Deeper Life High School, Warri, Delta State to the first position to win a cash prize of N10,000,000.00 sponsored project of their choice while the three participating students went home with N100,000 scholarship fund.
The runner-up, Deeper Life High School, Warri, Delta State got N5,000,000.00 sponsored project of their choice with N75,000.00 scholarship going to the three participating students.
In the third position, the University of Benin Demonstration Secondary School, Benin City, Edo State beat International High School, Sapele, Delta State to win N3,000,000.00 sponsored project with N50,000.00 scholarship for each of the three participating students.
Speaking, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Mr Samson Ezegwuorie, said the Seplat Energy Pearls Quiz Competition has touched over 50,000 students across Edo and Delta States and that out of the number, many have gone through university education, some have done internship with Seplat Energy and some are employed all over the world.
“When I was watching our students display today, I just told our senior partner that Nigeria is so blessed, that if we do the right thing, we won’t be just exporters of crude oil, but exporters of talents to the rest of the world against the brain drain we are witnessing today. Because we don’t have enough at home and we are servicing outsiders,” Ezegwuorie stated.
Also speaking, the Managing Director, Seplat Energy, Mr Ayodele Olatunde, said the Seplat Energy Pearls Quiz competition is an annual event opened for schools in Edo and Delta States, which is aimed at encouraging academic excellence among the youths and to motivate those that are hard-working and eventually reward them.
“We want to check academic excellence among our youths, and our future leaders. It is made to give back to those that will represent us in future as leaders of today. Ours is to create an enabling environment.
Our objective is to teach the children how to win and win sustainably,” Olatunde said.
Speaking, the Delta State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Mr Augustine Oghoro, said the exercise will make a very positive impact on the students in numerous ways and will also encourage them to take their studies seriously.
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