SystemSpecs Announces Winners of Children’s Day Essay Contest

 

Financial technology company, SystemSpecs has announced winners of the 30th edition of its annual Children’s Day Essay Competition.

 At the end of the contest which had about 2000 entries from the 36 states of the federation and the FCT, 11-year-old Oluwaseun Samuel Temitayo-Ojo of Igbobi College, Yaba, Lagos emerged the winner in the junior category while 15-year-old Ekemini Keziah Effiong-Robert of African Church Model College, Agege, Lagos, emerged winner in the senior category.

The first and second runners-up prize in the junior category went to 10-year old Somadina Edeh of Independence Layout Nursery and Primary School, Enugu and 12-year-old Emmanuel Nkanu Nkanu of St Anne High School, Calabar respectively.

For the senior category, Chetachi Best Mbalu from Lagooz School, Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos state and 13-year-old David Nkereuwem of Holy Mary Comprehensive College, Benin City, Edo came second and third. 

The winners, aged between 9 and 16, shared relevant technology-led ideas useful in transforming the nation’s educational system.

According to the organisation, the first-place winner in each category will get a high capacity laptop, a topnotch headphones, a free 3-month coding course at uLesson Coding School, monthly 10-gigabyte internet data for one year, branded travel suite case, a unique keepsake hoodie and a thermal flask, and school bag.

It added, “The  second-place winner in each category would also receive a high capacity laptop, a topnotch headphone, a free 3-month coding course at uLesson Coding School, monthly 5-gigabyte internet data for one year, a trendy hoodie, a thermal flask, and a school bag while the  third-place winner in each category would receive a high-performance tablet, a headphone, a free 3-month coding course at uLesson Coding School, a branded hoodie, a thermal flask, and a school bag.” 

Speaking, Group Head of Corporate Services at  SystemSpecs, Oluwasegun Adesanya stated that  the firm’s annual Children’s Day Essay initiative aligned with the organisation’s core values – Innovation and diligence, as well as its corporate social responsibility commitment geared towards developing capacity for national growth and development through technology.

He noted that this year’s competition was unique being a part of the company’s 30th-anniversary celebration. He applauded all partners who made the competition went well.

Adesanya said, “The quality of essays that we received from this year’s participants was mind-blowing. We have also identified inspiring solutions proffered by these young Nigerians as we are set to take the next step of translating their ideas to reality through our corporate social responsibility and collaboration with relevant stakeholders.”

Speaking on the evaluation process, one of the  judges, Chief Operating Officer, FinTech Association of Nigeria (FinTechNGR), Dr Babatunde Obrimah reaffirmed that winners   selection process  was bias free as all entries were judged without the identities of the participants and in multiple assessments, that led to shortlisting the winners as solely determined by the panel of judges.

“Many of the entries we received offered impressive solutions to improve Nigeria’s educational system, which proved that these children are eager to see the change they wished for. I commend this competition’s organisers for harping on the need to innovate to ensure Africa remains relevant and prioritises quality for a viable economy,” Obrimah said.