UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has actually revealed the names of the 20 finalists of the 2026 edition of its yearly National Essay Competition (NEC).
The finalists, chosen from over 12,000 entries got throughout the nation, are now set to complete for N41.5 million in instructional grants and rewards for the leading 5 winners.
At the end of the competitors, the first-place winner will get a N15 million university grant, a 50 percent boost from the N10 million granted in 2025, while the 2nd- and third-place winners will get N10 million and N7.5 million respectively towards their university education to study in any African university of their option. For the very first time, the 4th- and fifth-place winners will get N5 million and N3.5 million each.
Chosen by recognized judges, from entries sent by senior secondary school trainees throughout Nigeria, the finalists represent schools in Katsina, Kano, Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan, Awka, Port Harcourt, Imo and Akwa Ibom, and will now continue to a last round of monitored essay composing at UBA House, Lagos.
The 20 finalists are Abioye Shalom Damilola, The Sprouters Schools, Katsina; Adedoye Roseline Aderonke, Molusi College; Alabi Fawwaz Ayoade, Heritage Global Academy, Ikorodu, Lagos; Ayomide Jeremiah Dada, Softnet Technology Academy; Anyanwu Uchenna Olivia, Coral Impacts International School, Abuja; Azuoma Dominica Ugonna, Oxford Secondary School, Ulakwo; Bala Khaira Ojima, Metro International School; Ebunoluwa Louis Oluwanifemi, Igando Community Senior High School; Ezeani Uchenwanne Theresa, Kuje Senior Secondary School; and Gabriel Queenesther Iniobong, Redemption Academy.
forward to the last round and to supporting the winners as they start their university education. Every year, this competitors verifies our belief that the young minds these days hold the secret to a more flourishing and self-dependent Nigeria.”
Now in its 16th successive year, UBA Foundation’s NEC stays among UBA Foundation’s flagship education efforts, as part of its Read Africa program and other interventions developed to promote literacy, education and youth advancement throughout Africa.
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