Winners have emerged in the 2018 NNPC/CNL Joint Venture National Art Competition for Nigerian Secondary Schools with the theme “The Nigeria of my Dream”.
The NNPC/CNL Joint Venture National Art Competition encourages junior and senior secondary school students across the country to proffer solutions to some of the problems confronting the country through their paintings/drawings.
The beautiful and interesting art works of the 10 finalists in each category, which were displayed at the grand finale in Lagos, showed that the students are aware of the current challenges and are hopeful of a better future for the country.
In the senior category, Mr. Chijioke Nnadi, a senior secondary three student of the Government Technical College, Enugu State emerged the overall winner with the work titled: ‘The Future I See for Nigeria’.
He painted a beautiful and organised city on one part and two children on the other side, one of them holding the Nigerian flag; both were admiring the beautiful city and longing to be part of it.
The 19-year-old Chijioke Nnadi stated:
“Even though the country is poor at the moment, I know that it will become great tomorrow because Rome and Dubai were not built in a day.”
For his effort, Chijioke Nnadi was presented with a cheque of ₦100,000 and other gift items. The first and second runners-up were Ugoeze Eche-George and Prosper Omiponle, both of Charles Dale Memorial International School, Port Harcour, Rivers State, they received an annual scholarship of ₦75,000 and ₦65,000 respectively.
In the junior category, Osize Iluebbey of UNIBEN Demonstration Secondary School, Edo State emerged winner and got ₦100,000 annual scholarship; the first runner-up was Chidubem Njoku of the same school; while the second runner-up was Harry Majekodunmi of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja School, Lagos. The first and second runners-up got ₦75,000 and ₦65,000 respectively.
According to the Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Mid-Africa Business Unit, Mr. Jeff Ewing represented by the General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Mr. Esimaje Brikinn:
