Seplat Energy 2022 quiz competition reaches 50,000 students in Edo, Delta

The 2022 edition of the Seplat Energy quiz competition among public and private secondary schools in Edo and Delta States has come to a colorful end with the winning school walking away with the star prize of N10 million .

The competition, which is an annual event and organized by Seplat Energy and its partner, the NNPC, in both states of its operations, saw more than 50,000 beneficiaries.

The 2022 edition of the competition, held at Imaguero Secondary School, Benin City, Edo State, was won by Green Park Academy, Benin, Edo State, which beat out High School Deeper Life, Warri, Delta State, for the first position to win a cash prize of N10 million.

The money, Seplat Energy said, would be used by the school for any project it chooses and at its discretion.

In addition to the star prize, the three students, who represented the school in the grand final, were awarded a cash prize of N100,000 each.

Deeper Life High School, Warri, which came second, won N5 million, with its three student representatives awarded a cash prize of N75,000 each.

For third place, University of Benin Demonstration Secondary School, Benin City, Edo State, which beat International Secondary School, Sapele, Delta State, won a sponsored project from 3 million naira, with 50,000 naira in cash for each of the three student participants.

In his speech at the competition, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Seplat Energy, Mr. Samson Ezegwuorie, said that the Seplat Energy Pearls Quiz competition has reached more than 50,000 students in Edo States et du Delta, adding that of this number, many had followed a university education, some of them having come to do their internship at Seplat Energy.

Ezegwuorie observed that with the skill displayed by the participating students and the various entertainment interludes, where the students performed, all Nigeria had to do was get her house in order and clean up. 'exploit the potential.

Speaking also, the General Manager of Seplat Energy, Mr. Ayodele Olatunde, said that the Seplat Energy Pearls Quiz competition "is an annual event open to schools in Edo and Delta States which aims to encourage excellence academics in our young people and to motivate those who work hard and ultimately reward them."

He thanked the governments of Edo and Delta States for creating an enabling environment, while appreciating the parents and guardians for making it all possible; the teachers to not only follow the students, but to see them grow to this level and the sponsors to create such a platform.

"One of our goals is to teach children how to win and how to win sustainably," Olatunde emphasized

In his goodwill message, the Governor of Delta State, Ifanyi Okowa, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Mr. Augustine Oghoro, said that the competition would have a very positive on students in many ways and would also encourage them to take their studies seriously.

"Winners and losers will leave here prepared to improve their performance for future challenges. It will also prepare them to engage in "healthy competition with their peers and other members of society at large." in the pursuit of intellectual scholarship programs and many other competitions along the winding paths of life".

“This exercise also brought students from Edo and Delta States to compete against each other in a friendly atmosphere. Undoubtedly, they will all mingle and create new friendships, get to know each other better and deepen the bond. of unity and love between the peoples of the two States.

"Significantly, these young people will also learn from this competition that hard work pays and that there is always a reward for sincere and genuine effort to achieve worthy goals in life.

“The institutions they come from will intensify their training, aiming to bring laurels to schools, students and their parents,” Governor Okowa noted.

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