LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE Of NAIJA)- The corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has commenced the 2022 edition of its National Essay Competition (NEC) with a call for entries.
The annual National Essay Competition (NEC) which is part of our Foundation’s education initiative is aimed at promoting literacy and encouraging healthy and intellectual competition amongst senior secondary school students in Nigeria and across the African continent.
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All essays must be handwritten (not typed) and students have up until October 14th, 2022 to upload the scanned copies of their handwritten entries as well as their IDs on the digital portal at www.ubagroup.com/national-essay-competition. No physical copies will be accepted this year.
The submissions will be evaluated by judges who are professors from reputable Nigerian Universities. The professors will select the top 12 finalists who will take home consolation prizes including personal computers. These 12 finalists will write another supervised essay where the top three winners will be announced at the grand finale to be held in November at UBA’s head office in Lagos, Nigeria.
The National Essay Competition has been rolled out in other African countries where UBA operates, in order to open up the opportunity for more African children.
UBA Foundation embodies the UBA Group’s CSR objectives and seeks to impact positively on societies through several laudable projects and initiatives. The Foundation through its Education pillar has donated hundreds of thousands of books to students across Africa under the ‘Read Africa’ initiative aimed at encouraging and promoting the reading culture in African youths. Its National Essay Competition has also afforded the opportunity to hundreds of students to improve their lives through higher education.
