SystemSpecs Lavishes Prize on Winners of Essay Contest
Omolabake Fasogbon
In fulfilment of its promise, technology company, SystemSpecs has rewarded winners of its 2023 Children’s Day Essay Competition at a national award ceremony held in Lagos, recently.
The firm also declared Lagos as the winner in the state category and specially recognised schools that produced the winners for their ability to promote intellectual brilliance and academic excellence among the youths.
Speaking at the award presentation ceremony, Managing Director of Remita Payment Services Limited (RPSL) Deremi Atanda stated that the firm’s ability to host the fourth edition of the competition was a testament to its unwavering dedication to nurturing indigenous technology capacity through structured Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
He explained, “This is a dream in the making, helping young Nigerians to recognise early that they have got a role to play in nation-building. Today, we are celebrating another set of Nigerians who have demonstrated excellence, discipline and rigour, allowing their mind to be expanded in what is possible in terms of citizenship, capacity-building and more importantly having a vision that they can do a lot more.”
The contest, which engaged children on the theme, “Making Nigerian Children Better Citizens Through the use of Technology” saw over 3000 children between ages 9 and 16 across the federation entering for the competition, with Lagos state recording highest number of public schools in the top 100.
Uwakwe Johncollins Chikanyima of Sacred Heart Seminary, Rivers State, and Afolabi Adeola Joanne of Bishop Howells Memorial Grammar School, Lagos State were declared overall best both in the junior category and senior category respectively.
Prizes presented to overall winners in both categories included high-capacity laptop, laptop table, headphones, smart wristwatch, 120 gigabytes of internet data for one year, keepsake hoodie, and school bag, amongst others.
The second and third-place winners in both categories also got high-capacity laptop, 60 gigabytes of internet data for one year and branded hoodie, amongst others.
Commenting, Group Head of Corporate Services at SystemSpecs, Oluwasegun Adesanya reiterated that the contest was one of the company’s CSR initiatives aimed at developing indigenous technology capacity.
Also commenting, one of the judges and a senior lecturer at McPherson University, Prof. Babatunde Lawal extolled the quality of the essays submitted, stating that it was a further proof that Nigerian children are exceptional, innovative, and forward-thinking.
