Nigeria@57 Essay Contest : Ezekwe Onyedika Wins Bmasterz 2017 Nigeria@57 Essay Contest
After carefully going through the competitive essays from various contestants, Anambra born Ezekwe Onyedika has emerged the winner in the contest, with 68 marks, slightly different from 66 marks scored by Salako Oluwapelumi Francis of Oyo state.
The essays were judged based on ;
1. Introduction
2. Mechanical Accuracy
3. Content &
However, other contestants who featured in the top 5 also performed accreditably.
Analysis of results of the top 5 contestants are stated as follows :
1. Ezekwe Onyedika (Anambra State ) - [ 7,5,15,7- 34 = 68 ] -Winner
2. Salako Oluwapelumi Francis ( Oyo state) - [ 7,4,15,7-33=66]
3. Olaniyi Faith (Ondo State) - [6,3,12,7-28=56]
4. Nwafor patrick Pathdon(Anambra State) - [ 6,2,10,7-24=48]
5. Sanni Babawande (Ondo state) - [ 6,6,5,7-24=48]
Excerpt from the winner's essay :
'' ESSAY TOPIC:
SECESSION OR ONE NIGERIA.
INTRODUCTION.
It's no new or unfamiliar mantra that Nigeria is the giant of Africa owing to her population and we are not ready to lose that fame yet.
According to Nelson Mandela,"the world will not respect Africa until Nigeria earns that respect. The black people of the world need Nigeria to be great as a source of pride and confidence". Now,with our agitations for secession, how do the world respect Africa and how do the black people of the world become great?
According to the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary,"secession" is the fact of an area or group becoming independent from the country or larger group that it belongs to.
Wikipedia posits that "secession" is the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity especially a political entity,but also any organization, union or military alliance. In the context of my essay,one Nigeria in which i stand is one i can term the Nigeria of my dream. A Nigeria:where the citizens rights,lives and properties are respected and protected which is the first and foremost responsibility of a government,where basic amenities,good roads,quality and affordable education,employment opportunities and youth empowerment will be in existence in all geopolitical ''
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