By Ovat Abeng
A ten-year-old pupil of St. Anthony Nursery/Primary School Nanka, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Miss Agina Graham has emerged winner of the Spelling Bee Competition organized by Joseph Onourah Foundation.
While Miss Nwafor Chimamada (age 8) of Pope John Paul Two Nursery/Primary School Oko and Miss Ojiekwe Chimamada (age 11) of Community School Ezira both all in Orumba North and South Local Government Areas cliches second and third positions respectively.
The grand finale of the long-weeks competition was held at Ndiowo Civic center, Orumba North council area, on Friday.
Speaking at the event, the Project Manager, Mr. Owu Victor Kelechi, said that 110 schools across the two Council Areas participated in the maiden edition.
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Kelechi explained that the programme was a competition in which contestants were asked to spell a broad selection of words for their educational level with varying degrees of difficulty.
According him, Joseph Onuorah Foundation has been doing a lot of things to ameliorate the suffering of the less privilege ones in the society and which is why we embarked on a week-long programme because we noticed that many basic schools have thrown away dictation, hence the programme.
“One hundred and ten schools participated, at the end of the screening, we were able to shortlist 10 schools in which the three above schools emerged winners.
“The first position won a sum of 100,000 while second and third got N75,000 and N50,000 each.
“Others went home with school bags, launch bags, launch boxes, water bottles, pencil cases, exercise books, and cartons of biscuits.”
In his words, the Founder of Joseph Onuorah Foundation, High Chief Dr. Joseph Onuorah, said the competition was organized to encourage healthy competition among pupils in the two Council Areas.
He announced that the Foundation also registered about twenty students from the council areas in the 2024 JAMB examination.
