Entry for 14th Mike Okonkwo Essay Competition Closes May 12

As part of the activities marking the 72nd birthday of Dr. Mike Okonkwo, the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), the 14th Mike Okonkwo National Essay Competition for Secondary School Students in Nigeria has been opened for interested students to participate.

Entries for this competition, which was flagged opened on March 13, 2017, with the topic, ‘Made in Nigeria Products: The Vehicle for Sustainable Development’, will end on May 12, 2017.

The competition is one of Okonkwo’s Corporate Social Responsibility programme aimed at raising the standard in the educational sector in the country and at the same time sensitise the students by making them analytically minded so as to excel in their world by developing their ability to think through issues.

For participation in the 14th Mike Okonkwo National Essay Competition for Secondary School Students, the entry requirements include: Essay of maximum of 2000 words, a passport photograph of the student, full name, address, contact telephone number, class, school and name and telephone contact of the principal. Essay could be submitted through email to essay@trem.org or by post to The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM) International Headquarters, Anthony Lagos.

The Mike Okonkwo National Essay Competition spans over a decade of developing and rewarding the writing skills of Nigerian youths towards national development and the prizes for this year’s competition will be presented to the winners at the 18th Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture, scheduled for Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at the Muson Centre (Shell Hall) by 10.00 a.m. prompt.

Over the years the competition has been very successful in reshaping the thought pattern of the students to develop problem-solving skills. Like previous years, the star winner’s school gets three sets of desktop computers and a printer, while the student goes home with a trophy, Laptop, N100, 000.00 cash and a plaque. The first runner up’s school gets two sets of desktop computers and a printer and the student goes home with a cash prize of N75, 000.00 with a plaque. The second runner up’s school gets a desktop computer, while the student gets N50, 000.00 cash prize and a plaque.