{"id":18059,"date":"2017-10-10T14:02:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T13:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=18059"},"modified":"2017-10-10T14:02:16","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T13:02:16","slug":"uba-kicks-off-4th-annual-essay-competition-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/uba-kicks-off-4th-annual-essay-competition-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"UBA KICKS OFF 4TH ANNUAL ESSAY COMPETITION IN GHANA\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"yiv5690154283ydp375c736cyiv4267168210WordSection1\">\n<p class=\"yiv5690154283ydp375c736cyiv4267168210MsoNormal\">UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa Plc, is calling on all Senior High School students in Ghana to participate in the 2017 edition of the National Essay Competition (NEC).<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5690154283ydp375c736cyiv4267168210MsoNormal\">Launched in 2014 in Ghana, the competition provides a competitive platform to develop the intellectual and writing abilities of Senior High School students in across Africa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5690154283ydp375c736cyiv4267168210MsoNormal\">At a colourful ceremony at UBA\u2019s Ghana\u2019s head office, the launch was attended by a number of UBA\u2019s senior executives, staff and representatives from the Ghana Education Service and beneficiaries from previous editions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5690154283ydp375c736cyiv4267168210MsoNormal\">The Chief Executive Officer of UBA Ghana, Abiola Bawuah was pleased with the bank\u2019s contribution to education in the country so far. \u201cFor three consecutive years, we have organised and sponsored nine students at the tertiary level, and this year we are hoping to make it 12. We are committed to this and will keep supporting students who strive to achieve academic excellence in cognitive writing among other academic disciplines\u201d she said.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"yiv5690154283ydp375c736cyiv4267168210MsoNormal\">She added that, \u201cthe number of essay entries received last year was an improvement over the previous years and we are encouraged by this.\u00a0 The UBA Foundation National Essay Competition is amongst the top academic competitions in the country at the moment. We have guardians and students who call in to ask when the competition is starting. It tells from the outside how keen the competition is getting and also reminds us of how we cannot fail the people\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5690154283ydp375c736cyiv4267168210MsoNormal\">The CEO of the UBA Foundation, Bola Atta talked about the contribution of the Foundation to the first nine beneficiaries of the NEC in Ghana who are currently at various institutions in Ghana receiving quality education. Of the competition, she said, \u201cthere is no looking back on this. One of our key focus areas is Education as it leads to empowerment especially for the youths who are the future leaders on the continent. We have launched in 3 African countries presently and plan on extending this to all countries in which we operate. 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