The announcement of the Essay winners coincides with the 89th birthday anniversary (July 13) of the Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, the eminent literary artist, teacher, and rights activist.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE) has announced the winners of the 2023 Essay Competition, which is the 14th edition of the annual youth mentoring and mental capacity development initiative.
This edition focused on Nation Building, Good Governance, and National Development. Students from different schools were required to explore Soyinka’s Humanism, Artistry, and Nationalism in their thought process and writing.
The announcement of the Essay winners coincides with the 89th birthday anniversary (July 13) of the Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, the eminent literary artist, teacher, and rights activist, whose exemplary life and career as a global culture icon and humanist, inspired the project.
Since its launch in 2010, the competition has served as a platform to mentor the youth to imbibe the culture of participating in socio-cultural and political discourses in their environment. It enables the young ones to engage in healthy dialogue about national and international issues, testing the creativity and intelligence of the participants, and building their self-esteem.
A record number of 111 entries were received from 50 schools from which 89 finalists were selected through a rigorous process of adjudication by a panel of literary workers and social workers.
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After the exercise, Akoki Aaron Mojolaoluwa, a Senior Secondary school (SS) 2 student of Adedokun International School, Ifo, Ogun State, emerged as the Grand Prize winner of the WSICE 2023 Essay Writing Competition.
The WSICE also congratulated the following students: First Runner-up: Olugbenga Dominion Mojolaoluwa – Salawu Abiola Comprehensive School (SNR) and Second Runner-up: Ezima Chinasa Margaret, Anglican Girls Grammar School (SNR).
“We thank all schools and students for their participation and remain committed to our goal of fostering unity, bolstering integrity, and instilling qualities of good leadership as values,” said Teju Kareem, Executive Producer of the annual WSICE.
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