Kiddies Vision Magazine Contest Produces Winners

Funmi Ogundare

Winners have emerged at the grand finale of Young Ministers Competition, season five, organised by Kiddies Vision Magazine to assess how well Nigerian students know the country and enlighten them on the functions, organs and activities of government.

The programme, which was organised in collaboration with Huaxing Arts Troupe, Nigeria, is also aimed at ensuring that students know the facts, histories of the country to guide them towards societal values and good governance.

The 32-week television show focused on five selected ministerial seats and commissioner seats. The ministerial seats focused on selected federal portfolios and their policies which are competed for by secondary school students, while the commissioner seats which also focused on the same portfolios at the state level, are competed for by primary school pupils.

The five selected ministries were health, youth and sports, tourism, art and culture, finance and education.

The competition, which was divided into four phases, saw winners in the primary and secondary categories receiving cheques of N100,000, N50,000 and N30,000 for the first, second and third positions respectively.

Speaking at the ceremony in Lagos recently, the Director, Kiddies Vision Magazine, Mrs. Nnena Umeohia, who expressed delight about the keenly contested competition, said it was designed to educate the children on government policies and nurture them on excellent leadership qualities.