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Edo State Medical Student Wins National Essay Competition

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A medical student at the University of Benin, Ikponmwosa Kingsley Osamede, has emerged the winner of the national essay competition organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) and the National Universities Commission (NUC).

The award ceremony held at Transcorp Hilton Abuja on Saturday 12th October, 2019. At the ceremony, Osamede was presented with the award by the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dr Dapo Abiodun.

The essay competition is a part of activities for the 25th anniversary of the 2019 Nigeria Economic Summit (NES) tagged Nigeria 2050: Shifting Gears organised to set agenda for Nigeria in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Judges for the competition, who were selected from the NUC, declared Osamede overall winner after he satisfied all the judging criteria.

Speaking after winning the award, Osamede said Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, was his major motivation, noting that the governor’s leadership style and the premium placed on mental infrastructure triggered his quest for knowledge, stressing that the governor was his mentor in every way.

Right from his emergence as Governor of Edo State, I have been in awe of his wisdom and charisma. I have listened to him talk at close quarters when he hosted me last year and I must say that it gave me an overflow of inspiration and motivation,” he said.

“Your love for development, mental capacity, civility and progress of Edo citizens in general, has made me not just a proud and loyal subject of yours but also a mentee that would, for a lifetime, cherish knowing you,” he added

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