An Adamawa lawmaker within the House of Representatives, Jeremiah Umar, on Saturday, offered money prizes of N10.6 million to the winners of a debate competitors organised for 35 secondary faculties in his constituency.
Speaking on the occasion, Umaru, representing Akwanga/Nassarawa-Eggon/Wamba Federal Constituency of Nasarawa state, mentioned that the gesture geared toward selling high quality schooling throughout the constituency.
He mentioned that the colleges have been chosen from the 35 electoral wards in his constituency.
Umaru mentioned that he was impressed with the extent of confidence and composure of the contributors, including that the scholars exhibited a excessive stage of mental prowess throughout the train.
Umaru, who promised steady influence on his constituency, additionally promised to make the controversy an annual occasion, including that it might encourage networking among the many college students and expose them to straightforward finest practices.
He additional mentioned that the programme was designed to create a robust community for the scholars and supply them with a platform to construct their capacities in public talking.
“The community they’re constructing at the moment will brighten their tutorial pursuit sooner or later and strengthen their public talking strategies.
”It may also allow them obtain their desires and aspirations in life with ease,” he mentioned.
The News Agency of Nigeria reviews that Command Science Technical Secondary School, Rinze, Akwanga, emerged the general winner, whereas Baptist Academy, Wamba and Shepherd International College Akwanga, emerged as first and second runners-up respectively.
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The lawmaker offered a cheque of N1 million and 5 laptops to the general winner, N700,000 and three laptops to the primary runner-up, whereas the third runner-up had N500,000 and two laptops.
He additionally offered N500,000 and one laptop computer to the very best speaker, N250,000 and one laptop computer to the second-best speaker and N150,000 and one laptop computer to the third-best speaker within the competitors.
The lawmaker equally offered N200,000 and academic supplies to every of the remaining 32 faculties that participated within the debate.
NAN.