At the end of the third and last semi-final last weekend,
Rivers State had three representatives, the most in the finals of the 2017
Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics Television Quiz Show, sponsored by
Cowbell, the flagship brand from Promasidor Nigeria Limited.
Representing Rivers State are: Osasere Egharevba and Jessey
Uche-Nwichi, both of Graceland International School, Port Harcourt and Olufemi
Adeyanju of Jesuit Memorial College, Port Harcourt. They will all contest for
the 2017 Junior champion title, along with three other finalists.
Rivers State was followed by Ogun State, represented by
Oluwanifise Onafowokan of The Ambassador College, Ota, who will battle it out
in the Senior category, while Ezekiel Ekanem of Advanced Breed Group of School,
Sagamu will challenge for the Junior title.
Benue, Osun, Abia, Kaduna, Ondo, Niger and the Federal
Capital Territory, Abuja all have one representative each.
In the Junior category of the last semi-final, Joel Ndoh of
Marist Brothers Juniorate, Aba, Abia State; Olayinka Abdulwakil of Nigerian
Tulip International College Kaduna, Kaduna State and Greatman Nwachukwu of
Dority International Secondary School, Aba, Abia State got to the second round.
But Nwachukwu lost the contest to give Ndoh and Abdulwakil a chance in the
final.
Other contestants who exited the show that same day were
Hezekiah Ilesanmi of Bibo Oluwa Academy, Ilesha, Osun State; Joseph Agom of Top
Faith International Secondary School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State and Fuad Alaka of
Federal Science and Technical College, Yaba, Lagos, who had a perfect score in
the qualifying examination.
Abdulwakil, shared his relief to be in the finals and stated
that his ultimate goal is to win and become the 2017 Cowbellpedia champion
Ndoh, a first-time participant in the competition also
prayed for God’s guidance in his journey to becoming the champion.
Ikechukwu Ibeh of Federal Government College, Suleja, Niger
State and Evans Owamoyo of Greater Tomorrow International College, Arigidi
Akoko, Ondo State emerged straight winners in the Senior category after dusting
Favour Abusomwan of Iganmode Grammar School (Senior) Ota, Ogun State in the
second round.
Other contestants who lost out in the first round are,
Franklin Ezenduka of College of Immaculate Conception, Uwani, Enugu State;
Favour Ajibola of Model Secondary School, Akure, Ondo State and Emmanuel Mebude
of Ogunlade Secondary School, Surulere, Lagos who had earlier set a new record
by answering 17 questions in 60 seconds.
The Senior and Junior category winners will get N1 million
each and an all-expense paid educational excursion outside the country. The
first and second runners-up for each category will go home with N750,000 and
N500,000 respectively
Each teacher of the 2017 champions will be awarded N400,000,
while those of the first and second runners-up will each receive N300,000 and
N200,000 respectively. Also, the winning schools will be rewarded with
Mathematics textbooks, desktop computers and printers.
The 2017 Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematic TV Quiz
continues this weekend. It will be aired to millions of viewers on DSTv Africa
Magic Family Channel, AIT Network and other six television stations across the
country.
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