Call for Applications: UBA Foundation 2024 National Essay Competition for Nigerian senior secondary students (16 Million Naira Grant)
This is to inform students that UBA Foundation National Essay competition 2024 is ongoing. Applicants are expected to read through the competition requirement before hitting the sending their application.
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is one of Africa’s leading financial institutions, with operations in 19 African countries and 3 global financial centres: London, Paris and New York. From a single country organization founded in 1949 in Nigeria UBA has grown to become a pan-African provider of financial services with over 11 million customers, through close to 1000 business offices and touch points globally.
The National Essay Competition, targeted at senior secondary students in Nigeria, is organized annually, as part of UBA Foundation’s education initiative which aims to promote the reading culture and encourage healthy and intellectual competition amongst secondary school students in Nigeria and across Africa.
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Essay Topic:
The Impact of Carbon Emission on Climate Change in Nigeria: Discuss the Challenges and Profer Solutions
Application Requirements:
- Must be a Nigerian Senior Secondary School Student
- Complete contact information
- Upload a handwritten essay of 750 words max (not typed)
- Upload a recent passport photograph
- Upload a scanned copy of Birth Certificate, National ID, or International Passport
Benefits
The prize for the UBA National Essay Competition is an educational grant to any African University of choice, for:
- Winner: ₦7.5million
- First runner-up: ₦5million
- Second runner-up: ₦3.5million
Deadline: November 8th, 2024
Note
- Non-inclusion of any of the above may lead to disqualification.
- Applicants must upload a scanned copy of their original birth certificates or international passport data page.
- Applicants must submit their complete contact information
- Applicants must upload a handwritten essay (not more than 750 words) on the portal.