S.O.B Agunbiade Rewarded Brilliant Students

It was pomp and ceremony on Wednesday, March 7 in Ikorodu, Lagos when a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly,Hon. S.O.B Agunbiade, representing Ikorodu 1 Constituency, rewarded outstanding students in his constituency.

The event, which was tagged 'SOB Best Brains Contest, took place at Ikorodu Local Government Secretariat along TOS Benson Road, and it was highly successful.

The event was well attended by over 134 students drawn from about 67 schools in the constituency. It was chaired by former Lagos State Commissioner, Hon. Kaoni.

Speaking at the event, Hon. Agunbiade said he was moved to organise the event as he was a beneficiary of prize giving day ceremony in his primary school days.

He said the children were picked based on their academic performances in their respective schools.

He also said that two best students were drawn from Senior Secondary School II, Junior Secondary School II and primary IV each from 67 schools in the constituency.  

The 134 lucky children were made to go through written exams in Mathematics, English Language and General Papers.

Best SSS, JSS and Primary school students went home with 50,000 naira, 30,000 naira for the second place, while the third placed student took 20,000 naira.

Student from fourth position to tenth went home with consolation prize of 5,000 naira each. Students who came top in each of the three papers were given 10,000 naira.

Best schools also went home with trophies and a plague, each of the participating 134 students was given 10 pieces exercise books. The best SSS student also got external exams registration payment by Hon. Agunbiade.

Nwafor Okene of Muslim Primary School, Ikorodu, who came top in the primary school category, went home with N70, 000 as he also came top in both Mathematics and English Language.

Oloruntade Ganiu of Ipakodo Grammar School, Ikorodu came top in the JSS category, while Omotosho Esther of Odogunyan Senior Grammar School, Ikorodu went home with over a N100,000.

Hon. Agunbiade said all the monies won above N10,000 naira would be paid into a Skye Bank account opened in the beneficiaries name. This he said will make it impossible for parents to misuse such monies.

Guests at the event included Wale Elesho, former Commissioner for Information under Asiwaju Bola Tinubu's administration.

March 12, 2012