Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has presented a cash prize of N2.5m to the winner of the 2024 edition of the state tax club quiz competition, Government Day Secondary School, Gaa – Akanbi, Ilorin.
The governor also presented a trophy to the winners in appreciation of their performance in the competition.
He said the increasing popular participation in the quiz underscored the rising popularity of the programme and its impact on public understanding of taxation and the link to socio-economic development.
A total of 154 Kwara public and private secondary schools took part in the contest out of which six made it to the final.
The two students of GDSS Gaa- Akanbi who participated in the contest went home with N400,000 personal cash. Their counterparts from the other schools also got different cash prizes for their efforts, ranging from N200,000 to N300,000. Their teachers also got cash rewards for their hard work.
Other finalists were Government Secondary School Lafiagi, which won N1.5m as first runners-up and Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Model College, Asa Dam, Ilorin which won N1m as second-runners-up; Kwara College of Education Model Secondary School, Oro came fourth; Anglican Boys’ Academy, Oro placed fifth; and Shepherd Secondary School Lafiagi came sixth.
Each of the winners got trophies to celebrate their efforts and achievements in the keenly contested competition.
