Dansol College has emerged winner of the 2022 Chief Akintola Williams School Debate organised by the Nigeria-Britain Association (N-BA) in honour of Pa Akintola Williams, the patron of the association.
Dansol College has emerged victorious among six other secondary schools, in the debate competition, which was held in partnership with Scib Nigeria and Company, NEM Insurance Plc, and the British Council.
Students of Corona Schools, Vivian Fowler Memorial School, Supreme Education Foundation School, Avi-Cenna International School, Dansol College, Meadow Hall Education and Edgewood College, competed in a Westminster-style debate.
The Westminster-style debate, otherwise known as the British Parliamentary style debate, is a form of academic debate in which each member of the two debating sides, namely, the proposition and opposition, is allowed a five to seven minutes speech and the opposition team is allowed to interrupt the speaker in what is known as points of information.
The debates, which had preliminary four rounds and a final round that produced the winner, featured topics such as “Human capital is a more worthwhile government investment than artificial intelligence”, “The Nigerian economy would benefit more from a wider tax net than increasing exports”, “Parents should be held more accountable than school administrators for bullying”, and “Compulsory vaccination is a recipe for global safety”.
Oluwatomisin Coker of Dansol College emerged the overall best speaker in the debate.
In his remarks, the immediate past president of the N-BA, Mr. Shola Tinubu, said the patron of the N-BA, Chief Akintola Williams, in whose honour the school debate was named, was passionate about the event.
According to the President of the N-BA, Abimbola Okoya:
“We have a passion for education and the empowerment of the next generation of leaders. This event is an abridged version in honour of our Pa Akintola Williams, to celebrate his 102nd birthday, which he marked last year. This is very important for us at the N-BA because the empowerment of the next generation is one of our core values and also a key element of the Big I.D.E.A., which encapsulates Inclusivity, Diversity, Empowerment of the youth, women and the vulnerable in our society as well as Agility.”
