Meet the winners of young Minister's Competition

Kiddies Vision Magazine (KVM), organisers of the annual Young Ministers’ Competition (YMC) in collaboration with Seven Stars Paper & Allied Products Limited, sponsors of the event, held the Grand Finale Award of the second Young Ministers Competition last Thursday at Exhibition Hall 2, National Art Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.

According to the Director, KVM, Mrs Nnenna Umeohia, YMC was established to educate and empower young Nigerians so as to produce purposeful and visionary role models. She said her organisation is currently mentoring thousands of students in over 2,000 primary and secondary schools in Nigeria.

At the end of the competition, the winners in the young ministers and commissioners categories went home with N100,000 each, first runners-up got N50,000 each while second runners-up took home N30,000 each. Ministers category: Education: Ononuju Daniella (1st), Okoli Justice (2nd) and Favour Georgeson (3rd). Health: Onwumere Justina (1st), Sunday Oluchi Chisom (2nd) and Ossai Sarah (3rd).

Culture/Tourism: Adanna Emeghara (1st), Master Ezenwa Chisom (2nd) and Okoli Precious (3rd). Finance: Olayemi Michael (1st); Bukola Ibukun (2nd) and Mogaji Abdulazeez (3rd). Youth & Sports: Igwe Sussan (1st), Emeruwa Henry (2nd) and Nwafor Akachukwu (3rd).

Commissioners:

Education: Aramide Aishat (1st); Tochukwu Urenyere (2nd) and Chibuike Obojiofor (3rd). Health: Nicole Ikenna (1st), Akpo Christiana (2nd) and Isabella Babalola (3rd). Finance: Abdulrazak Sukurat (1st), Anyanwu Daniella (2nd) and Abolade Emmanuella (3rd). Youths & Sports: Ajayi Oyinkansola (1st); Jimoh Mubarak (2nd) and Abdulkareem Mariam (3rd). Home Affairs & Culture: Aderinokun Eniola (1st), Nduka Chikaosoro (2nd) and Is’haq Abdulbasit (3rd).

Offering scholarships worth N20,000 to 100 pupils each from 100 schools in Lagos, Mr. Eric Lee, CEO of Seven-Stars Paper & Allied Products Ltd, said he enjoys supporting children because they are the leaders of tomorrow. In his keynote address, Governor Michael Initimi urged government to include Security Studies in the school curriculum and asked school administrators to make safety of their students a priority in order to avoid a repeat of Chibok incident.

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