Winners Emerge at Concours D’orthograph Quiz

Peace Obi

Winners emerged recently at the 2024 Concours D’orthographe (the 3rd edition of the French Language competition) organised by Naphy Language Academy for primary and secondary schools in Lagos at Mike Adenuga centre, Alliance Française, Lagos.

Isaac Oloniyo from Caleb International School won a flat screen TV for coming first in the primary category, Daniel Afamefuna, from Aquila Nidus Montessori School and David Oyedele from Divine Children’s Place International, went home with bicycles and fans, respectively, for the second and third positions.

Prizes were also won in the secondary category. Abdul Fattah from The Tenets College, Ikorodu came first, while David Ibironke from Covenant College, Lagos and Maryam Abubakar from The Tenets College, Lagos went home with their prizes as well.
The convener of Concours D’orthographe, Ngozi Nympha Eyo, explained that organising the spelling competition in French was to encourage the learning of the french language by creating an avenue of excitement and fun in learning the language.
The CEO of Naphy Language Academy said the idea behind the spelling competition “is to encourage the learning of French,” the second-world accepted language, within the Anglophone-speaking countries.

The special guest of honour, the chairman/CEO of Tom Juns Consultants and the chairman of the board of trustees of Alliance Française Lagos, Mrs. Tosin Bakare, said the spelling competition was a way of giving back to the society and to encourage the learners.

A participant, Kafinyin Orioye from Laraday School, said, “This is a good competition, and I am happy to participate. I hope to take top during next year’s edition.”

Madame Eyo reiterated the need of financial support to help run such competition and called on the government and individual sponsors to support the program (which is done annually) as she sees a bright future and desire to learn from the children.

This edition had more than 100 children participating from 35 schools within Lagos.
She also plans to take it to other states within the country.