Participate in The Nigerian Innovation Contest 2016 and get a laptop for free! You also stand a chance to win *1,000,000 Naira Cash, *Employment Opportunity, *Scholarship, *Career Sponsorship and many more. January 14, 2016 Uncategorized No comments The Organizers of The Nigerian Innovation Program 2016 edition, the Nigerian Innovation Foundation have called on every young Nigerians aged between 18-40 years old to have their say in the dialogue on addressing national poverty by writing a short pointed note on “HOW YOU CAN FIGHT POVERTY” with your profession or dreamed profession using your personal email to submit your entry to submit@nigerianinnovation.org.ng Here is the most valuable opportunity for Nigerians aged between 18-40 years to have a voice in Nigerian’s development community to share ideas, concepts and innovations on any profession practiced or dreamed by the individual and stand a chance to win 100% career sponsorship, scholarship and support for yourself, N1,000,000(one million naira) cash prize and all expenses paid to the Nigerian Innovation Summit 2016 scheduled to hold on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th of February 2016 at the Abuja International Conference Center, Herbert Macaulay Way, Garki, Abuja. Participate in the Nigerian Innovation Contest choosing not more than 3 (three) careers from the following career categories * Agriculture * Education * Entertainment/Fashion * Food/Health * Information/Communication * Student(school,degree,program and others, specification required) * Technology * Others(if your profession is not listed, specification required) REQUIREMENTS: * No educational qualification is required. * Participants must be a Nigerian or resident in Nigeria for over 10 years. * Participants must fall between the between 18-40 years of age. * Participants must be able to speak at least 1 (one) Nigerian language. HOW TO PARTICIPATE: The task is to write a short pointed note on how you can fight poverty with your profession or dreamed profession. * Compose a message using your own personal email, write a short pointed note adding your own idea or ideas on how you can fight poverty with your profession and the support you need. * Title your write-up with the caption/heading “My (your full name) Idea and Support Needed as a (your profession )”. Example, ABUBAKAR OLUSEGUN OKONJO’s Idea and Support Needed as a FASHION DESIGNER or TRADER or OTHERS. * Add your personal full name,category(s), phone number,full address, name and phone number of your next of kin. * Send and forward your entry to submit@nigerianinnovation.org.ng (Make sure you submit your entry now or before 11.59pm midnight on Monday 25th of January 2016) Note: You are to send your write-up via your email and not in the comment box, write-ups in the comment box will not be screened. Submission of entries ends by 11.59pm midnight on Monday 25th of January 2016. * After the submission of entries, approved participants for all categories shall be shortlisted and publicized to the general public on the official website www.NigerianInnovation.org.ng by 8.00am on Tuesday 26th of January 2016 for a general online registration for all the approved participants and the online voting commences immediately. Note: All approved participants shall be given a free Nigerian Innovation Fund (N.I.F.) Laptop Computer System each. * Voting shall commence immediately on a standard online voting poll, hold for two weeks and shall end by 11.59pm on Friday 12th of February 2016. Participants are expected to scout for vote from the public, tell their friends and family to vote for them for the participant with the highest vote wins. * Winners shall be announced and publicized via major news- papers, websites, television stations, radio stations and others on Monday 15th of February 2016. * A winner(participant with the highest votes) shall be emerged from each category and 2 (two) runner-ups(the next two participants with the highest votes). REWARDS: FOR PARTICIPANTS: * Every approved and registered participants shall enjoy all expenses paid trip (transportation, accommodation, feeding, clothing, etc) to the Nigerian Innovation Program 2016 scheduled to hold on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th of February 2016 at the Abuja International Conference Center, Herbert Macaulay Way, Garki, Abuja. * Each approved and registered participant shall be given a Nigerian Innovation Fund MINI LAPTOP SYSTEM, a Nigerian Innovation Hand-book. FOR RUNNER-UPS: *A sustainable cash prize. *Career Sponsorship. * and all participants rewards. FOR WINNERS REWARDS: 8(eight) Winners and 16(sixteen) runner-ups are expected to be chosen at the end of the contest, 1(one) winner and 2(two) runner- ups people category. * Winners shall be given 100% career sponsorship and support in their various professions. * Employment opportunity. * N1,000,000(one million naira). * and all participants rewards. AIMS: * The Nigerian Innovation Program 2016 shall bring into focus the development of write-ups written by different individuals to end poverty and give Nigerians a sustainable future with their different professions. * The Nigerian Innovation Program 2016 shall promote comprehensive approach to a better future, help to bridge gaps and close loops in the national development agenda by developing various ideas submitted in the contest. * The Nigerian Innovation Program 2016 shall make provisions and give necessary support needed to unemployed youths and see to the reduction of unemployment in Nigeria. * The write-ups submitted by different participants shall be edited and shall be used as a material in the publishing of the “Nigerian Innovation Hand-book and e- book”. Every participants whose write-up or idea is been used shall be compensated. Since poverty is known to be a comprehensive problem,it therefore requires comprehensive solutions to fight it. These solutions are to be provided by individuals since national development is an issue for every citizen, also an agenda for the whole of humanity. The issue of poverty and measures to reduce the incidence of poverty have remained at the front burner of every government policies and since heaven help those who help themselves, each and every citizen also have a part to play in addressing national poverty via various professions. This is your golden opportunity to make it big in life, pave way for your self and stand out in you profession. Send in your entry now to submit@nigerianinnovation.org.ng (remember to add your personal full name,category, phone number,full address, name and phone number of your next of kin) NOTE: YOU ARE TO SEND YOUR WRITE-UP VIA YOUR EMAIL AND NOT IN THE COMMENT BOX BELOW. Write-ups in the comment box will not be attended to and shall not be screened. For Any Inquiry, Call 08159719859 Or email us to info@nigerianinnovation.org.ng, Visit us at Nigerian Innovation Foundation, N.I.F. Building Plot 42A, Lane 7 Off Gambaraa, Idu Industrial District, Abuja FCT, Nigeria.