The semi-final tickets of the on-going 2017 Cowbellpedia
Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz Show, sponsored by Cowbell, the flagship
brand of Promasidor Nigeria Limited, literarily became a rivers confluence as
representatives of Niger and Benue States picked two slots last weekend.
In the fifth preliminary stage contest, Godwin Terzulum of
Government Science and Technical College, Garagboghol, Benue State moved ahead
to the semi-finals of the Junior category, while Ikechukwu Ibeh of Federal
Government College, Suleja put Niger State in the semi-finals of the Senior
category.
Joseph Agom and Godwin Terzulum of Top Faith International
Secondary School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, edged past Anastasia Ifinedo of Dority
International Secondary School, Aba, Abia State; Sharon Adichie of Royal Girls’
Academy, Port Harcourt, Rivers State; Jacinta Osose of Presentation National
High School, Benin City, Edo State and Khalid Yusuf of Gobaru Academy, Katsina,
Katsina State.
Terzulum, 13, a JSS3 student, who scored 93 percent in the
qualifying examinations, said he had what it takes to go all the way and win
the ultimate prize. “I thank God I cross this river. The beginning is always
very difficult because of the initial tension and fright. The worst is over for
me now. I have learnt the necessary lessons to excel in the next stages,” he
said.
In the Senior category, Ibeh and Tomiwa Olatunbosun of Bibo
Oluwa Academy, Ilesha, Osun State edged out Sorchima Duru of Federal College of
Education Secondary School, Akoka, Lagos State; Temitayo Jimoh of Greater
Tomorrow, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State; Rachael Igbozuike of Federal Government
College, Calabar, Cross River State and Mariya Garba of Caliphate International
Secondary School, Gusau, Zamfara State.
Ibeh, a 15-year-old son of a Professor, also expressed huge
confidence in his ability to emerge champion in the Senior category of this
year’s edition. His best subject is Mathematics and he aspires to become an
Aeronautic Engineer.
“I believe God who has seen me through this stage will pilot
me to the finals. I have my eyes on the finals and I believe the ultimate prize
will be mine,” he told journalists in Lagos last weekend.
An all-expense paid educational excursion outside the
country and N1 million is the ultimate prize for this year’s winners in both
the Junior and Senior categories, while the first and second runners-up in each
category will go home with N750,000 and N500,000 respectively.
The teachers of the 2017 champions will be awarded N400,000
each, while those of the first and second runners-up will receive N300,000 and
N200,000 respectively. The winning schools will be rewarded with Mathematics
textbooks, desktop computers and printers.
The 2017 Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz
Show continues this weekend and will be aired to millions of viewers on DSTV
Africa Magic Family channel, Africa Independent Television Network and other
six television stations across the country.
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