Winner Of 2017 NNPC Quiz Competition To Receive Annual Scholarship Award Of N300,000

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced an annual scholarship of N300, 000 to the winner of its 2017 edition of national quiz competition. The first and second runners up will also get N250,000 and N200,000 respectively per session for the duration of their courses in tertiary institutions. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ndu Ughamadu announced this on Wednesday in Enugu during the South East zonal final of the competition.

Ughamadu, who was represented by a management staff, Mr Nyong Nyong, said that the gesture was part of major innovations introduced to enhance the integrity and status of the contest. He said that other innovations include partnership with West African Examination Council (WAEC), the Junior Engineering Technical Society as well as the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria. Ughamadu, however, added that all scholarship awards would only be redeemable upon presentation of evidence of admission into tertiary institutions.

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