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OMOSO ESSAY COMPETITION & OMOSO BENSON AKINDEJU LEADERSHIP SPEECH 2022

OMOSO ESSAY COMPETITION & OMOSO BENSON AKINDEJU LEADERSHIP SPEECH 2022

Call for Entries

In pursuant of its mandate to instigate the moral, social, economic, human capital, and educational development of Igbotako Community and its indigenes, the Omoso Club of Igbotako hereby announces the commencement of its Annual Essay Competition & Omoso Asiwaju Benson Akindeju Leadership Speech for the Year 2022.

The competition is in two categories for undergraduates (those who are students of polytechnics, monotechnics, universities, or equivalent tertiary institutions within and outside Nigeria).


Eligibility

  • At least one of the biological parents of the competitor must be a bonafide indigene of Igbotako (as verified and confirmed by the Paramount Ruler of Osooro Kingdom, Oba Gbadebo Bajowa)
  • The competitor must be a verifiable student of the institution claimed for in the 2022/2023 academic session
  • The event will be in two-step:
  1. Prequalification Essay: The contestant is required to submit in typewritten form an essay written by him or her on the topic: THIS IS WHERE I WILL BE IN 2032, in between 700 to 1,000 words.
  2. Final Presentation: Ten (10) finalists (writers of the best ten essays) will be selected for the final selection in which they will deliver the Omoso Asiwaju Benson Akindeju Leadership Speech. The contestants will have no prior knowledge of the exact topic of the speech until one hour to the presentation.


How to Apply

Eligible sons and daughters of Igbotako who wish to participate in the competition should do the following:

1.      Log on to ikalenews.com/events/omoso-competition

2.      Complete the application form

3.      Upload your essay with your photograph

4.      Submit


Note: The entry form is FREE


Final Competition

1.      The ten most outstanding competitors will be given access to make the OMOOSO ASIWAJU BENSON AKINDEJU LEADERSHIP SPEECH which will be viewed on zoom worldwide.

2.      The ten finalists will be given a topic on LEADERSHIP, one hour to the commencement of the zoom conference, and a distinguished panel of experts will assess them and pick the top-three speakers.

3.      Each of the contestants will make their speeches in 10 minutes


Prizes

First Place Prize � N70,000 (Seventy thousand naira cash), + Plaque + Certificate

Second Place Prize � N50,000 (Fifty thousand naira cash), + Plaque + Certificate

Third Place Prize � N30,000= (Thirty thousand naira cash), + Plaque + Certificate


Timelines

January � May 2022: Submission of entries

July 2022: Announcement of the Best 10 Essays

September 2022: Omoso Asiwaju Akindeju Leadership Speech 2022 + Presentations of Prizes to Winners


NOTES:

  • The top-three winning essays will be published in Ikale News
  • Videos of the Omoso Asiwaju Benson Akindeju Leadership Speech will be uploaded on ikalenews.com and Youtube.



Signed: 

?Omoso (Dr.) Segun Ayodele (President)