Adegoke won N1 million at the competition which held on
Wednesday in Lagos with the theme: “Propelling the Nation’s Youth to
Greatness”.
NIM Young Managers Competition (YMC) is one of the
institute’s corporate social responsibilities and contributions to youth
development and empowerment.
It is an annual competition established in 1974 to encourage
practising young graduate managers, between the ages of 25 and 40 years,
endowed with creative and research ability, to hone their skills in conducting
independent in-depth research.
Mrs Patience Anabor, President and Chairman NIM’s Council,
said the competition fostered analytical and original thinking.
She noted that the YMC had over the years created a crop of
young men and women who have distinguished themselves in conducting studies in
different areas of human endeavours.
She added that a total of 456 young managers (men and women)
obtained the application forms and participated in an online qualifying test
this year.
Anabor revealed that at the end of the online (G-MAT and
Management) test, the top 15 were taken through the second round and the best
nine were then selected via a video presentation assessment and brought to
Lagos for the final stage of the competition.
“The participation and content quality of the competition is
not in doubt as some past winners of the competition have gone on to head some
of the nation’s frontline organisations.
“Some of the past winners of this competition who have got
to the pinnacle of their managerial careers include Mr Festus Odimegwu, a
former Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries Plc and Mr Adebayo Jimoh, a
former Managing Director of Odu’a Group.
“Another is Dr Lucy Newman, the immediate past Managing
Director of Financial Institutions Training Centre (FITC) among others.
“The nine contestants, after rigorous, demanding and
painstaking tasks in the last four days have been pruned down to five for
today’s grand finale.
“The team of judges include Mrs Yewande Adekoya, Managing
Partner, Ruack Nig. Ltd: Mr Tobi Asehinde, Founder/CEO, Digital Marketing
Skills Institute; Mr Chukwudi Ogba, MD/CEO, TD Integrated Farms Ltd. and Mrs
Temilola Olatoye, Chief Accountant, Yaba College of Technology,” she said.
The NIM President disclosed that the institute’s plan is to
expand the scope and duration of the competition to make it the best
intellectually-based and most sought-after management reality show in the
country.
Miss Oluwatobiloba Lawanson, Mr Jerome John, Mr Adam
Mohammed and Miss Josephine Akpan emerged 1st to 4th runners up respectively.
Star prize for the winner of this year’s competition is
N1,000,000 while the first runner-up was rewarded with N500,000.
The second runner up got N300,000 and Management Training at
NIM valued at N150,000 respectively.
Also, the third runner up alongside others will receive
N50,000 consolation prize each.
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