Winner Emerges in Seplat’s Competition

Students of the Presentation National High School Benin City, Edo State, recently won the star prize of N7 million in seventh edition of Seplat Pearl Quiz Competition held in Asaba, Delta State. The competition which commenced on Monday, October 8, 2018, ended last Friday, with each of the three student representatives of the star prize winner rewarded with the sum of N100,000 and a laptop.

Seplat also rewarded the second place winner, Lawrence Prentice Academy, Delta State with N3 million prize money for a project in their school, while the three student representatives got the sum of N75,000.00 each.

Also, winners of the third place prize, University Preparatory Secondary School (U.P.S.S.), Benin got N1 million cash prize, while each student representative was rewarded with the sum of N50,000.00. Speaking at the event, Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa who was represented by Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Chiedu Ebie, thanked Seplat for the initiative which he said was in tandem with the state government education goals.

The Operations Director of Seplat, Mr. Effiong Okon, who represented Seplat CEO, Mr. Austin Avuru, said the oil company is constant seeking ways to further give back to its host communities. “The Pearls Quiz programme is one of Seplat’s CSR initiatives, which we take very seriously not just because it inspires excellence in secondary school children in public and private schools in our host states but also because it addresses the United Nations Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs) number 4”, he added.