Miss Lawrence Deborah, a student of Good Shepherd School, Ajegunle Village, Atan-Ota, Ogun State, has emerged overall winner of the 2018 edition of the Nigerian Stock Exchange Annual Essay Competition for students in Senior Secondary Schools in Nigeria.
The 2018 NSE Annual Essay Competition and Scholarship, themed “Building a Sustainable Capital Market”, is one of the Exchange’s financial literacy and inclusion initiatives aimed at building a financially savvy generation. The winners were announced during an awards ceremony at the Civic Center, Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Miss Lawrence Deborah clinched the first position ahead of over 20,150 participants across the country, winning ₦500,000 scholarship fund for her university education, ₦250,000 equity investment, and a laptop, with her school also rewarded with a trophy, three desktop computers, and a printer.
Also, Miss Ashiru Oluwalanoayo of Corona Secondary School, Agbara, Ogun State and Master Dominic Charles of GEC Comprehensive College, Ipaja, Lagos State, emerged first and second runners-up respectively.
Each of them also got a laptop, equity investment and scholarships toward their university education; their schools got a varying number of computers and trophies. Seven laptops were given as consolation prizes to seven other winners.
“It is my belief that this topic will sow the seeds that will prepare this generation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
There is the need to build a platform that will help awaken the interest of our youths and buoy up students to learn and appreciate economic concepts, particularly as it concerns financial literacy and the significance of the capital market to the economy.”
