{"id":35141,"date":"2019-10-08T17:32:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T16:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=35141"},"modified":"2019-10-08T17:32:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T16:32:24","slug":"uba-foundations-national-essay-competition-2019-to-reward-schools-with-highest-entries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/uba-foundations-national-essay-competition-2019-to-reward-schools-with-highest-entries\/","title":{"rendered":"UBA Foundation\u2019s National Essay Competition 2019 To Reward Schools With Highest Entries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv2072986641MsoNormal\">UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has commenced the 2019 edition of its annual National Essay Competition in Nigeria with a call for entries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2072986641MsoNormal\">Now in its 9<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0year, the essay competition, targeted at senior secondary school students in Nigeria is organised annually, as part of UBA Foundation\u2019s education initiative which is aimed at promoting the reading culture and encouraging healthy and intellectual competition amongst secondary school students in Nigeria and across Africa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2072986641MsoNormal\">At the media launch which took place at UBA headquarters in Lagos, the call for entries was announced today. Speaking at the event, the Chief Executive Officer, UBA Foundation, Mrs. Bola Atta, said the essay competition, which is in its ninth edition, will provide an opportunity for students in secondary schools across the country to put in their entries and to win prizes in the form of educational grants to study in any university of their choice on the African continent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2072986641MsoNormal\">Beginning from last year, the prize money increased significantly as the UBA Foundation emphasises that education remains one of the foundation\u2019s key initiatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2072986641MsoNormal\">Also speaking at the call to entries today, the Group Head, Direct Sales Agency, Ogechi Altraide<b>,\u00a0<\/b>who spoke on the benefits of reading and writing essays,<b>\u00a0<\/b>motivated the students to research into the topics and give it their best shot, adding that there is the need for them to focus on adapting themselves to happenings in their generation, and to have a growth mindset. This she explained, will ensure that they can apply themselves and conquer whatever challenges they are faced with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2072986641MsoNormal\">According to her, reading and writing go hand in hand, and so it is important for students to keep abreast of how the economy can develop through reading and writing.<\/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=\"yiv2072986641MsoNormal\">An English teacher from Holy Child College, Ikoyi, Mrs Ezechukwu Ngozi, gave the students tips on how to write good essays, and advised them to keep to the proper tenets of essay writing to come out tops in the competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2072986641MsoNormal\">\u00a0As the CSR platform for the UBA Group, UBA Foundation embodies the Group\u2019s CSR objectives and seeks to impact positively on societies through a number of laudable projects and initiatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2072986641MsoNormal\">Each year, the bank donates thousands of books to students in Nigeria and across Africa, under the \u2018Read Africa\u2019 initiative to encourage and promote the reading culture in secondary schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2072986641MsoNormal\"><strong>Photo Caption: <i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Managing Director \/CEO, UBA Foundation, Mrs Bola Atta; Group Head, Direct Sales Agency, United Bank for Africa(UBA)Plc, Mrs Ogechi Altraide;\u00a0Group Head, Brand Management, United Bank for Africa(UBA) Plc, Mr. Lashe Osoba, flanked by students of some selected secondary schools in Lagos during the commencement Ceremony for the 2019 UBA Foundation National Essay Competition for senior secondary school students \u00a0in Nigeria held at UBA House on Tuesday<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has commenced the 2019 edition of its annual National Essay Competition in Nigeria with a call for entries.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":35142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1593,17,624],"tags":[6252],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-35141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-metro","category-news","category-politics","tag-uba-essay-completions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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