Student gets N1m education grant for writing a great essay

In a keenly contested competition, Master Ezenwa Joseph Okonkwo, a fifteen year old student of Ambol Comprehensive High School, Akesan-Igando, Lagos, has won the coveted prize of N1m educational grant,  from nearly 2000 entries received across the country in the  third edition of the UBA National Essay Competition for Senior Secondary Schools in Nigeria.
1ST Prize Winner, Master Ezenwa Joseph Okonkwo, student of Ambol Comprehensive High School, Akesan-Igando, Lagos (Middle);  1st Runner-Up, Miss Toluwalase Adeagbo of Sharon Rose Schools College, Saki and; 2nd Runner Up, Miss Korie Ijeoma Jenniffer of Air Force Secondary School, Port Harcourt, at the grand finale ceremony of UBA Foundation National Essay Competition for Secondary School Students held at UBA House, in Lagos.  

Toluwase Adeagbo of Sharon Rose Schools College, Saki and Korie Ijeoma Jennifer of Air Force Secondary School, Port Harcourt emerged first and second runner ups, winning the sum of N750,000 and N500,000 as educational grants. 

All three students will be able to draw on their grants to attend any university of their choice anywhere in Africa. 

Speaking at the event to announce the winners, Kennedy Uzoka, the bank’s deputy managing director, explained that the essay competition not only  test the aptitude and knowledge of  students but has become a pipeline to groom future UBA Ambassadors. 
Deputy Managing Director, UBA Plc, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka; 1ST Prize Winner, Master Ezenwa Joseph Okonkwo, student of Ambol Comprehensive High School, Akesan-Igando, Lagos (Middle); and President, Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria(ICAN), Alhaji Alkali Mohammed. 

He said the winners who go to any university of their choice in Africa would remain part of the UBA family provided they are of good behavior and remain focused. “In UBA we appreciate and nurture talents. All the finalists here today have opportunity to excel in life and UBA is delighted to play a part in the process” he added.

Conceived three years ago, the UBA Foundation National Essay Competition was instituted as a follow up to the Read Africa initiative of the Foundation. “Winners each year receive educational grants to study in any university of their choice in Africa. We are encouraged to continue to do this and touch the lives of our children by so doing” he stated.
Managing Director, UBA Foundation, Ms Ijeoma Aso; 1st Runner-Up, Miss Toluwalase Adeagbo of Sharon Rose Schools College, Saki; Deputy Managing Director, UBA Plc, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka; 1ST Prize Winner, Master Ezenwa Joseph Okonkwo, student of Ambol Comprehensive High School, Akesan-Igando, Lagos (Middle); President, Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria(ICAN), Alhaji Alkali Mohammed; and 2nd Runner Up, Miss Korie Ijeoma Jenniffer of Air Force Secondary School, Port Harcourt.  


The UBA National Essay competition which opened for entries  in September and closed on November 1, 2013, received nearly 2000 entries from which 12 finalists were selected to write a supervised essay at the bank’s head office. The three winners emerged based on their performance at the supervised essay.

The 12 finalists chosen by a panel of 4 Nigeria Professors are: Victoria Aluko (Caleb International College, Magodo); Gloria Ayoola (St. John Comprehensive Academy, Ilesa); Korie Ijeoma Jennifer (Air Force Secondary School, Port Harcourt); Sarah Benson (Living Stone College); Esenwa Joseph Okonkwo (Sambol Comprehensive High School, Akesan-Igando) and Ayewunmi Bukola Ifesowapo Snr. High School, Aboru). Others include Ogbo Ozioma (Kingsdale Schools, Akute); Toluwase S. Adeagbo (Sharon Rose Schools College, Gedu Estate, Saki); Adetona Miriam Omolayo (Oladipo Alayande School of Science, Oke-Bola, Ibadan); Ani Chisom Tochukwu (Krisbethel College, Ipaja); Mmesoma S. Enibe (University of Nigeria Secondary School, Nsukka) and Sunday K. Ikemsinchi (Dority International Secondary School, Aba).

Each of the 12 finalists received a laptop as a consolation prize for getting to the final of the competition.


As a the CSR platform for the UBA Group, UBA Foundation works  through four areas of focus, education, economic empowerment, environment and special project. Communities across Nigeria and other parts of the continent continue to benefit from the foundation through these focus areas.

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