Dumo Lulu-Briggs Rings Kickoff Bell, As Education Champions League Quiz Competition Enters Grande Finale; FGGC Abuloma Triumphs
The Education Champion League (ECL), an informal gathering of book lovers and a citadel of intellectual growth, for the first time this year, resolved to bring its mission to fruition by promoting reading, writing and critical intellectual engagement, targeting young Nigerians.
In actualizing the above, the league's Aims and Objectives became:
1. Promoting Literacy
2. Educational competitions
3. Community engagements, and
4. Youth empowerment.
It further went into action by launching an ECL Quiz competition amongst Secondary schools in Rivers State, which in turn prompted them to seek for sponsors, to be able to achieve desired result. A result that will birth such multigenerational success that will identity quality leaders of tomorrow that will become the joy of many generations.
It was in this desirable search for sponsorship that the league found Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, having been weaned on the truth that he is an unrepentant lover of education, intellectual growth and a life whose primary constituency is the Youth.
Approaching Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs was a dream come true to them, as Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs didn't hastate in agreeing to be the Chief sponsor of the Quiz competition.
The competition which was launched on September 21, 2024, had these 16 schools in the race: St Pius College, Enitonna High school, Nigerian Navy Secondary school, Federal Government Girl's College, Archdeacon Brown Education Center, Government Girls Secondary School, Oromenike, Dietams International School, Goldsprings High school, Bereton International School, Aladumo High school, Army Day Secondary school, Seacrest Preparatory School, Stella Maris High school, Baptist High school, Charles Dale Memorial International School, and Government Comprehensive Secondary school.
After intense intellectual battle, four schools scaled through to unleashing the best out of them to clinch the grand prize of Ten million Naira (N10m) as 1st Prize, Five Million Naira (N5m) 2nd Prize, Two million five hundred naira (N2.5m) 3rd Prize, and One million five hundred naira (N1.5m) 4th Prize. The schools were: Federal Government Girl's College, Abuloma, Enitonna High school, Seacrest Preparatory School, and Aladumo International School.
Today, being that all important day, the grand finale (finals), the chief sponsor, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs was given the honour to ring the bell that kick-started the intellectual battle.
The intellectual battle was intense, it was a sight of young Nigerians unleashing the Nigerian dream of a better and greater tomorrow. The boldness, courage, confidence and enthusiasm with which they spoke gave the watching audience, parents, the hope that indeed, there is hope for Nigeria.
However, irrespective of the intensity of the intellectual battle, a winner must emerge. That winning today favoured the Federal Government Girl's College, Abuloma to clinching the 1st Prize, Seacrest Preparatory School, 2nd Prize, Aladumo International High school, 3rd Prize, while Enitonna High school took the 4th Prize.
While speaking, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs appreciated the efforts put in by the organizers, particularly for thinking through to the bringing to fruition such multigenerational fruitful idea that has the capacity to build a better Nigeria with a pace setting stride.
He added, " the duty of government is to educate the next generation, bring Strength and Value in each and everyone of us, particularly to the Youths, yet, we have a duty to support our government so that they will succeed in building in us the sense of aspiration that we need to arrive at our desired destination."
He went further to thank the organizers for giving him the opportunity to serve in the capacity of sponsorship, to which he advised that they should make it an annual event, and in the 2nd edition endeavor to reach out to other schools in the rural areas. Noting that, in such schools, there lies great destinies that should be brought to limelight.
Writing on his verified social media handles, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs captured the exciting intellectual event thus:
Today, I had the honor of collaborating with the Education Champions League for a school quiz competition at the Alliance Francaise in Port Harcourt, dedicated to my late father, High Chief OB Lulu-Briggs (OON).
Witnessing and contributing to the realization of the “OB Lulu-Briggs Prize for Reading and Civic Awareness” was a humbling experience for me. I am deeply committed to fostering literacy and civic engagement among our youth, and I was thrilled to see the enthusiasm and talent displayed by the participating schools.
Congratulations to FGGC Abuloma for securing 1st place and winning N10 Million, followed by Seacrest Preparatory School, Aladumo International School, and Enitonna High School. Your hard work and dedication to learning are truly commendable.
Let’s continue to cultivate a culture of reading and knowledge in our communities. Together, we can empower the next generation to achieve great things!
DLB MEDIA.
26/10/2024.
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