September 17, (THEWILL) – The award ceremony of the 2023 Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Annual National Undergraduate Essay Competition will be held on September 20, 2023, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.
A statement signed and issued to newsmen at the weekend in Yenagoa, by the consultant, Mr. Eyinimi Omorozi, CEO of Mahogany 21st Century Concepts Limited, stated that “the ten national finalists are expected to arrive Yenagoa on 18th September, 2023, for the last phase of the academic exercise, which is the interactive assessment holding on 19 September, 2023.”
According to Omorozi, “the 2023 edition, which is tagged “Nigerian Content and the Lessons from COVID-19,” is the seventh in the series of the prestigious NCDMB flagship event.
The competition is designed to promote academic excellence among Nigerian young undergraduates in Nigerian tertiary institutions and the Nigerian Content Policy.
“The academic exercise is mainly to encourage Nigerian youths to build local capacities and competencies and to prepare for effective participation in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas industry and also promoting academics.
“The 2023 edition will close out on the 20th of September 2023 with an award/prize-giving ceremony in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
“The first prize is N1,000,000.00, the second prize N700,000.00 and the third prize N500,000.00. All the top ten finalists will each receive a laptop.”
According to the statement, the prestigious event will be held at Lady Daima Event Centre, Osiri, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, with the interactive assessment scheduled for 9am on September 19, and the main award event scheduled for 10:30am on September 20.
Recall that Ayotomowa Elesho, a 200-level Political Science student at the University of Lagos, won the 2022 first prize with a cash reward of one million naira.
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