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2020 Excellent Minds Initiative (EMI) Essay Competition List of Shortlisted Candidates (Finalist) & Award Ceremony Date: Excellent Minds Initiative (EMI) Full List of Six (6) Shortlisted Candidates for Finalist and Award Ceremony Date.
The Excellent Minds Initiative is delighted to announce the six (6) shortlisted candidates for the 2020 Excellent Minds National Essay Competition Finals.
We received an overwhelming number of entries from every part of the
country, and most of the submissions were of a very high quality, and it
took our panel of five examiners, several weeks to assess all the
entries from the first round of assessment to the interview stage.
This year’s final is scheduled to hold on Saturday, 7 November 2020 at 7.00PM (WAT)
via Zoom, where the finalists will present to a virtual audience on
what their essay idea is and why it is important in plain language for
three minutes, using only a single PowerPoint to pitch their idea and
tell their story. We have tagged this virtual final, the 3 minutes’
essay final (3MEF).
The pandemic and its aftermath did force us
to take profound measures regarding this year’s finals, while life in
Nigeria is gradually shifting back to normal from COVID-19, the
uncertainty about the
evolving nationwide protest against police
brutality still persists, and this is why we have decided to move the
2020 Excellent Minds Essay Finals/Award Ceremony to Zoom.
Excellent Minds Initiative (EMI) Essay Competition List of Shortlisted Candidates (Finalist) 2020
The following shortlisted finalists should check their email for further directives:
1. JOSHUA JOHN INIOLUWA
Medicine and Surgery, University of Ibadan
2. ENOCH AKINLABI
Law, University of Lagos
3. NDUBISI CHIBUZOR PAUL
Mechanical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
4. GODANOINTING ADERIBIGBE
Law, University of Ibadan
5. OYINKANSOLA KOMOLAFE
Law, University of Ibadan
6. FAIZAH ATU MUHAMMED
Common Law, University of Ilorin
We would also like to extend our invitation to members of the public,
particularly young social-change enthusiast, to grace the 2020 Essay
Finals, as they would have an opportunity to vote their preferred
finalist for the People's Choice Award at the finals. In addition to
this, the audience would have an opportunity to contribute to a
stimulating intellectual discussion on “Youth for Change” with other
inspiring young leaders.
To attend the 2020 Excellent Minds National Essay Finals, please register via this link:
https://anu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrf-moqzgsHd1c2_xkoVs_EQCzUZEPfiVL
For further enquiries, contact +2347031151669 (WhatsApp only)
Thank you.
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