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By Lukman Olabiyi
Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LSLGA) has splashed total sum of N9,050,000 on 12 winners of the Eko Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (EKO STEM) quiz competition.
The competition which was organised in partnership with the State Ministry of Education, had over 1000 students from the 57 local councils and local council development areas, that competed for the star prices.
The star prizes were scholarship of different amounts, ranging from N2.3 million to N400, 000.
Speaking at the decoration ceremony for the winners of the annual competition, the state Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo, commended the sponsor of the competition, Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority for its meaningful contribution to education in the state.
She implored parents of the winners not to divert the money given to the students to other things than their education, saying government was ready to give them more to further their education to any level.
Adefisayo charged the star winners not to relent in their studies but continue to aim for the stars in academics.
In his remarks, the Chief Executive Officer of LSLGA, Bashir Are said the aim of the project was to further sustain the ongoing development in the education sector embarked upon by the State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to take education to the next level in Lagos.
He stated that his organisation’s intervention in education development would ensure that the state has a skilled workforce that could address its challenges in science and technology which had continued to alter previous workforce arrangements globally.
The Senior Special Adviser to the governor on education, Dr. Adetola Salawu also appreciated the project.
Among the winners were Akorede Olajide and Dokun Jubril of Brainfield College, who got the star prices of N2.3 million and N1.3 million, respectively, and Oluwafemi Opemiposi of Methodist Boys High School, who got N1,050,000.
Apart from this, seven pupils also got N400, 000, while two got 800, 000.
