9mobile Partners FCT Education Secretariat to Host Essay Competition for Abuja Secondary Schools

Lagos, Thursday, September 8, 2022 — Riding on UNESCO’s International Literacy Day marked
on September 8 annually, Nigeria’s telecom provider and youth-friendly brand, 9mobile, has
announced the introduction of an essay competition for senior secondary schools students in
the country beginning with Abuja. The telco announced the competition at a media conference
to kick off the competition’s call for entries.
Speaking on the rationale behind the initiative, the Executive Director, Regulatory and
Corporate Affairs, 9mobile, Abdulrahman Ado, represented by the PR Lead, 9mobile, Chineze
Amanfo reiterated the company’s commitment in contributing and strengthening the education
sector in the country. She said, “At 9mobile, we understand that young people are the bedrock
of change, and it is imperative to support them when it comes to cultivating values that
promote environmental sustainability. These values will shape their behaviour and help to
change society for the better. This year’s essay competition is exclusive to Senior Secondary
School students in FCT, Abuja in collaboration with the FCT Education Secretariat.”
“In coming up with this initiative, we have carefully constituted a team of reputable panel of
Judges with impeccable track record and qualifications who have designed judging criteria to
evaluate entries such that only the best emerges as overall winner” Amanfo added.
According to Amanfo, the competition, which has as its theme, ‘How is overpopulation
becoming a global pandemic to the environment?’ will be focused on the environment and
sustainability awareness.
Speaking further on the mode of entry and submission deadline, Amanfo emphasized that entry
is free and that the call for entries will last for two weeks to enable students submit their
entries. The submission deadline will be September 22, 2022, and judging will commence
thereafter.
The Director of Admin & Finance, Education Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja,
Mallam Leramoh Abdulrazaq, on behalf of the Secretary for Education, Hon. Sani Dahir El-
katuzu, lauded 9mobile for the well-thought-out initiative and expressed the willingness to
collaborate and provide the necessary support to ensure the success of the essay competition
in FCT, Abuja. He underscored the importance of improving the writing skills of students and
called on other brands to emulate the good work 9mobile is doing.
A member of the panels of judges, Johnson Abbaly who spoke on behalf of the other judges
said, “We have been fully briefed and we will justify the confidence reposed in us by doing a
thorough job that will be seen by all to be transparent and fair to all participants. He
emphasized that only one entry per school will be accepted.” “All entries will be sent online to

9mobileenvironmentessay@gmail.com and the top 10 entries will be shortlisted, thereafter
there will be a virtual engagement with the short-listed candidates by the judges to enable the
contestants to defend their entries. Announcement of the winners will be made on September
30, 2022, and winners will be presented with their prizes at the 9mobile regional office in
Abuja”, Abbaly added.