The G30 Ibani Voice, a socio-political pressure group in Bonny, Rivers State says this year’s King and Queen of Mathematics Competition will see winners go home with N1.5 million, adding that this was to sustain its drive to rekindle the waning interest in the subject of Mathematics.

President of the group, Dr. Fubara Dan-Jumbo announced this on Friday, June 25, 2021, when he led some leaders of the group on a tour of select secondary schools in Bonny.

Announcing the commencement of preparations for the competition, Dr. Dan-Jumbo, who is also a philanthrpist, stated that there will be two categories, Category A, involving Senior Secondary Students to be host by BNGS; and Category B, involving Junior Secondary Students, to be hosted by GGSSF, all in Bonny Local Government Area.

“We have chosen Bonny National Grammar School as the centre for Category A in the King or Queen of Mathematics Competition 2021. We have Finima Girls as Category B. The schools will be listed that are in category A.”

“Sometime in November we will have an examination. Three delegates from each of the schools will come and converge and will write these exams. We will pick two persons out of it. Those two persons will be qualified to contest in the semi-finals. The semi-finals will be more like an oral quiz.”

“Then we will pick the champion of that category. Same thing we will do in category B. The star winner will be going home and smiling away with the whole sum of One Million Naira.”

According to the philanthropist, the winner of Category B (King/Queen of Mathematics Junior) will go home with the sum of N500,000; while the winner of Category A, who will become the next King or Queen of Mathematics will go home with the sum of N1,000,000. He or she will reign for one year as the Brand Ambassador of the competition and also be part of various social impact initiatives by the G30 Ibani Voice.

Incidentally, the 4th edition of the G30 Ibani Voice King/Queen of Mathematics Contest, which will hold during the 2021/2022 Academic Session, will be the first time a monetary prize is attached to the competition and also the first time the winner would become the Brand Ambassador of the competition.

Master Fubara Omubo of Community Secondary School, Burukiri was the first winner of the competition during the 2018/2019 Academic Session and has since then being part of developing the competition.

According to Dr Dan-Jumbo, the competing schools include Bonny National Grammar School, Bonny; Government Girls Secondary School, Finima (GGSSF), Community Secondary School (CSS), Abalamabie; Community Secondary School, Burukiri; Ibitamuno Secondary School, Spring Foundation School, King and Queens Secondary School, Heritage Academy, Lucille Education Centre (LEC), Logos School, among others.

He urged the students to go the extra mile to study and prepare for the competition, stressing that there will be no sentiments attached as the outcome of the competition will be based purely on merit, noting that the proof of their desire to win is in their pursuit of the prize money through diligent scholarship.

“That is why I said it is the big one. Come November/ December we will know who will be the winner. It is not enough to have a desire. Someone said the proof of desire is in the pursuit. If you truly desire it you are going to pursue it.”

In the delegation were the Secretary General of the G30 Ibani Voice, Godswill Hart; Media Focal Person for the group and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kristina Reports, Godswill Jumbo; and an elder in group, Dagogo Waribo.

Responding, the Principals of BNGS, Biebelemabo Apiafi; BNGS (UBE), Richard Jumbo; and GGSS, Finima (UBE), Lily Hart, thanked the G30 Ibani Voice, and Dr Fubara Dan-Jumbo, in particular for such unique initiative aimed at mainstreaming the educational aspirations of the youths, noting that such competition would reinvigorate the waning interest in Education, especially, Mathematics.

Highlight of the tour was the award of instant cash prizes of N10,000 each to Isoala Allison (BNGS-UBE), Priscilla Nwaike and Emmanuella Banigo (GGSS-UBE), Precious Udeme (GGSS), and Udekwe Caleb and Ojoamanam Chidiebere (BNGS) for answering random Mathematical questions during the tour.

The G30 Ibani Voice, a convergence of professionals of Bonny origin, has continued to drive the quest for social impact interventions in the Educational sector by hosting competitions, giving awards, donating educational resources, and supporting teachers in various schools in Bonny LGA.

Hmm
I think an all expense paid trip to technological advance companies situated overseas
A full time scholarship
And also an appointment already waiting in any top Nigerian country after tertiary education

I think all this would make the competition more sweeter
Considering the amount of money poured in BBN