By Brown Chimezie
Global Win Lottery has rewarded participants in its maiden lottery programme with a scholarship worth up to N5 million and international passports.
The move, according to Global Win, is to provide a platform for Nigerians to achieve their educational and leisure dreams.
The Managing Director, Straight Records Ltd organisers of The Global Win, Dr. Afam Mbanefo, at the unveiling of the Global Win draw ceremony in Lagos, said the initiative is aimed at driving exposure and hope in the academic and vocational leisure industry.
According to him, exposure is a vital tool for creating value and education, saying that the more exposed Nigerians are, the more experienced they are in achieving their set goals and objectives.
Going forward, he said Global Win would be conducting international programmes consisting of BSC, PhD, and other short academic programmes.
He said lots of investors are philanthropists and are looking for ways to give back to the society they operate in.
Growth and Business Development Manager, Straight Records Limited, Dolapo Esho, stated that The Global Win is an initiative that promises to change the lives of Nigerian youth with opportunities they will normally not get. “It is a game of chance, and we are encouraging them not to play away with their future, so we encourage them to take that step towards changing their lives.
On her part, the Marketing Manager, Global Win Lottery, Chidinma Okereke, said the event was to show off the winners of its international passport and national study game, stressing that for the national study game, it has given its lucky winner up to 5 million naira in scholarships to study in any private university in Nigeria.
At the event, one lucky winner, Akinlolu Adeogun, went home with a grand prize of up to N5 million worth of scholarship to study in any private university in Nigeria while five other participants won international passports.