The OCI Foundation is pleased to announce that a VIRTUAL AWARD CEREMONY for handing out the awards to the winners of its inaugural (2020) “LITERARY AWARD FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS (LAMS)” will be held on Saturday, October the 10th, 2020, starting from 1pm (West African Time).

The OCI Foundation's President and Founder, Dr Chris Ifediora, will be the Special Guest of Honour at the event, which will be hosted by the Regional Coordinator of the Nigerian Medical Students Medical Students Association (NiMSA).

In a contest titled “BACK TO THE FUTURE”, and open to all the medical students from the South-east Zone of Nigerian medical schools, a total of 127 high-quality essay entries were received (between the 20th of August, 2020, to 10th of September, 2020).

Of these, authors of the top 10 outstanding entries will be announced as winners within the next 48 hours. Stay tuned to the OCI Foundation’s Facebook Page, to be the first to know these winners. LIKE THE PAGE, AND FOLLOW US NOW via this link: https://www.facebook.com/ocifoundation.

The OCI Foundation is the sole sponsors of this annual Award, which is designed to identify, inspire, and reward medical students who show literary dexterity. Details of the LAMS Award can be found via this link: https://ocifoundation.org/oci-foundation-introduces-the-lams-initiative/.