Rotary Grants FCT Students Scholarships, Provides Facilities In Schools

Rotary Club of Abuja Garki Neighborhood has awarded scholarships to six students of GSS Kubwa, School for the Gifted, Gwagwalada, GSS Nyanyan, and 20 students of Junior Secondary School, Garki district of Abuja.

The president Rotary Club of Garki, Rotarian Zainab Omowunmi Owonikoko, in a two-day event, presented the award following the students’ sterling performance at the FCT Senior Secondary School Quiz competition held at Government Secondary School (GSS) in Abuja.

Ten schools drew through a selection process that involved the FCT Secondary Education Board participated in the quiz competition.

At the end of the exercise, GSS Kubwa emerged champions with 13 points and got the cash prize of N100,000, school for the Gifted finished second with 12 points and got N75,000 while GSS Nyanyan finished third and went home with the cash prize of N50,000 after edging GSS Wuse 3 after a tie-breaker.

Also, on the second day of the two days event, 20 students of Junior Secondary School, Garki were given automatic one-year sponsorship, after the club donated medical items to the school bail, to promote healthcare delivery in the school and also beautified the school by planting flowers.

Speaking on the objective of the annual quiz competition, Rotarian Owonikoko described education as the strongest tool for the prosperity of every state.

She said  Rotary Club encourages its community to be educated and learn as education gives peace, unity, and civilization.