TRUE DAKKADDA AMBASSDORS!!! AKWA IBOM STATE JETS SWEPT THE BOARD AT THE 2017 NATIONAL JET COMPETITION IN LAGOS


History was made again at Faith Plaza, Bariga, Lagos State, venue of the 20th National Junior Engineers, Technicians and Scientists (JETS) when in a week long event which featured science,quiz competition, free choice projects (Junior and Senior categories), Akwa Ibom State contingents were heralded in a tumultuous applause as they emerged best in the country.
It is on record that the two (2) students from IDORENYIN LEGACY SCHOOLS, Mount Zion Street off Udo Ekpo MKpo Street off Nwaniba Road, Uyo listed below took the First and Second Position respectively during the Akwa Ibom State JETS Senior Quiz Competition held at Aka Community Secondary, Aka Offot, Uyo organized by the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Education.
The Students that Represented the State in the National Inter-State Science Quiz Competitions were:
1. Peter, Abasiofon Enefiok – Idorenyin Legacy Schools, Anua Offot, Uyo.
2. Effiong, Idorenyin Dominic – Idorenyin Legacy Schools, Anua Offot, Uyo.
3. Faith, Brown – Government Secondary School, AfahaEket.
4. Victor Akaimo Nice – Government Secondary School AfahaEket.
The competition had as its theme “Enhancing food Security through Science and Technology Applications” and was attended by technocrats all round the states. Akwa Ibom State emerged tops in free choice project, winning at the primary level with a project on “Biodegradable Waste to Wealth”.
At the Senior free choice project Senior category, Akwa Ibom State emerge First Runner Up with another outstanding project on “Orange Peels” for other uses.
The climax of the event was the National Inter-State Science quiz competition which took the centre stage of the competition. The quiz which was staged for five days witnessed Akwa Ibom State, declaration as the overall third after defeating Lagos and Ondo States in the enroute to the final.
Like the legendary French Revolutionist, Napolean Bonapaite the Akwa Ibom contingents should say boldly, “We came, saw and conquered”. We can say emphatically, they are our TRUE AMBASSADORS“Welcome home kids”.