Obijackson Celebrates Best Of Brains, Gives Free Education To Pupils, Students In Ihiala

 7th are the quiz experts from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka who officiated the quiz

                             Cross sections of pupils participants at the competition

The queen of Okija, also known as face of Okija, Miss Ezinne Ejezie handing over certificate of merit/participation to little Mr. Mbaeyi Chidiebere one of the pupils who led Adaogbe Migrants Fishermen  School, Okija (which took first position on the category A)

                           Barr. James Akporero, the Manager of Obijackson foundation

Indeed, Education is the bedrock of every nation, builder and moulder of people’s character towards a successful living, reports odogwuemekaodogwu.blogspot.com. 

As a result, the Group Managing Director of NESTOIL PLC and Founder of Obijackson Foundation, Dr. (Sir) Ernest Azudialu Obiejesi, organized Quiz Competition for all Primary and Secondary Schools in Okija, Ihiala local government area of Anambra state recently.

The quiz  tagged: “Face of Okija Quiz Competition” was well-attended and  structured in four categories; with category ‘A’ for pupils of primary 1 to 3, ‘B’ for elementary 4 to 6, while the ‘C’ and ‘D’ captured students of JSS 1 to 3 and SSS 1 to 3; but the area concentrated were Mathematics, English and Igbo languages of their various syllables.

However, only 3 students and pupils’ represented each of the 9 participating Secondary and 42 Primary schools, but at the end, Adaogbe Migrants Fishermen School emerged victorious on the level ‘A’ (primary 1 to 3); while Umuatuegwu Primary School and ThankGod Special School took second and third positions respectively.

Also, the Good Shepherd Primary school; ThankGod Special School and Igwugwuabo Community School, Okija came 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd on the category ‘B’ (primary 4 to 6), while, the J.S.S 1-3 level saw Okija Grammer School (1^st); Royal International Secondary School (2^nd) and Bethel Standard School (3^rd).

Similarly, Holy Family Comprehensive Secondary School, Okija was on top; as Union Secondary School, Okija garnered 2^nd position just as its Royal International Secondary School came third on the category ‘D’ (SSS1-3).

This development further brought smiles on the cheeks of the participants and their respective schools, as the sponsor, Dr. Obiejesi awarded them instant free-education in accordance to the position attained. As a result, 3 pupils and students whose efforts yielded first positions to their school, were given 3 years free education, while their counterparts from 2^nd and 3^rd positions institutions graced 2 and 1 years scholarship as well.

Similarly, envelopes were dished to “Best” Mathematics, Igbo and English languages Teachers at both primary and secondary school level, while the outstanding secondary schools received N50, 000 cash, desktop computer sets and coloured printers, with a visitation promises to accelerate and respond their needs soonest.

Reacting, some of the pupils and students beneficiaries, Miss Mbabuo Chidera of Adaogbe Migrants Fishermen School and Mr. Aham Odinaka of Holy Family Comprehensive Secondary School, expressed happiness, vowing to press much harder so as to attain the price and make the nation proud.

Earlier, the sponsor and Founder, Obijackson Foundation, Dr. (Sir) Ernest Azudialu Obiejesi represented by his P.A, Barr. Ikenna Chukwudum, described education as a key and basic foundation of life, vowing not to relent on his efforts to balance the equation between the rich and poor in the society through education among other vital means in order to move Okija to an enviable height.

While, Barr. James Akporero, the Manager of the foundation, explained that the competition was another effective weapon and easiest means, the Founder has adopted to transform the community, reach-out to the poor, and eradicate poverty and illiteracy, adding that “Dr. Sir, Ernest Obiejesi is willing to sponsor every Okija secondary school distinction holders from University First Degree (BSC) to PGD level and beyond”, as an impartial way of re-awakening, reactivating and reengineering their educational consciousness.

Also speaking, Chairman of the occasion and Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, Anambra state University (ANSU), Prof Sylvester Madu, advised youths and adolescents to avail themselves of the opportunity and face their study squarely in order to tap out of the bountiful harvest awaiting them.

Enumerating the vision of Face of Okija, Queen of the town, Miss. Ezinne Ejezie, who posited that Okija is the giant of Anambra state, asserted that the community would have become an Elephant, the King of Jungle, if it was an animal, even as she enumerated her next line of action to include medical outreach, talent hunt among others.

On the other hand, Prof. Fidelis Ejezie of College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu campus (UNEC) who is incidentally the father of Queen Ezinne, and Dr. Kalu Ogbureke of Obijackson Children’s Hospital, enjoined students to be focus and submissive to their studies so as to graduate in flying colours, as well as to garner basic knowledge needed in transforming the nation, because according to them, education guarantees morality, wealth, progress and success.