Delta State wins NNPC National Quiz Competition

Delta State has won this year’s Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) National Quiz Competition. At the end of the annual contest which began on Monday 13, November, the state carried the day with 75 points after breaking a tie with Abia State which came second with 70 points. Ondo State came third scoring 65 points. […]

Delta State has won this year’s Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) National Quiz Competition.

At the end of the annual contest which began on Monday 13, November, the state carried the day with 75 points after breaking a tie with Abia State which came second with 70 points.

Ondo State came third scoring 65 points.

Speaking during the grand finale in Abuja on Tuesday Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, expressed the commitment of the Corporation to science education.

He also announced that in order to ensure that best standards are maintained in terms of the quality and integrity of the quiz competition, NNPC entered into partnership with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS), as well as the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN).

Baru disclosed that beginning from this year’s series, the corporation would commence offering a one-off educational grant of N100, 000 each to all state winners of the competition.

He said that a scholarship award of N300, 000 would be granted to the overall winner per session, while the second and third place winners would receive N250, 000 and N200, 000 respectively per session for the duration of their tertiary education.