Students representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday emerged winners of the 2015 Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) national quiz competition for secondary schools.
The FCT team, made up of Andrea Dallacosta, Suleiman Ibrahim and Egbunu Mudi, scored 130 points to defeat five other schools that made it to the grand finale.
Students representing Lagos State scored 120 points to emerge second while the Katsina State representative scored 105 points to clinch third position.
The winners, according to the group managing director of NNPC, Dr Joseph Dawha, will get N250,000 each academic year as scholarship bursary from the NNPC to study at any institution of their choice. While presenting the winners with their trophy, Dawha said the increase in the amount for the scholarship was to demonstrate the NNPC’s commitment to the growth of science and technology education in the country. He noted that the competition which is in its 14th edition has produced highly talented students who are performing well in various universities.
He said, “Since the national quiz competition debut 14 years ago, it has helped in developing the interest of younger Nigerians in studying science and technology courses in tertiary institutions across the country and even beyond.As an institution, the NNPC believes that science and technology present limitless opportunities to bring development to our country and people and to make the nation much more relevant in the global economy.”
He maintained that the scheme has gone a long way in assisting the nation’s future leaders, particularly the children of the less privileged, to prepare in contributing their own quota to national development.

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