The zonal stage of the NNPC Annual National Science Quiz Competition
for 2019 has ended with Ogun State, emerging tops.
A release signed by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs
Division of the NNPC, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, disclosed that the
representative of Ogun State at the South-West Zonal competition, Ojo
Samuel, scored seventy points out of one hundred which is the highest
score among the finalists that emerged from the six geo-political
zones of the country.


The two other finalists from the South-West Zone, Aliyu Kayode and
Akintade Abdullah, are the representatives of Lagos and Osun States
who scored sixty and fifty-five points respectively.
According to Mr. Ughamadu, a total of eighteen students emerged at the
zonal level of the competition which took place in Owerri for the
South-East, Uyo for the South-South, Bauchi for the North-East, Minna
for the North-Central, Katsina for the North-West, and Oshogbo for the
South-West last week as part of the preparations for the 2019 edition
of the competition.
In the South-East Zone, the representatives of Ebonyi and Imo States,
Mbazu Chinonso and Ozuzu Adaeze scored fifty-five points each to
emerge first, while Nwachukwu Ugochukwu, representing Abia State came
third with fifty points.
The North-East Zone saw Yusuf Ibrahim from Bauchi State emerge first
with a score of sixty points, while Nazifa Musa from Taraba State and
Abdul Elkanem from Borno State scored forty-five and forty points
respectively to emerge second and third positions.
The representative of Kogi State, Abdullahi Omachonu, emerged first
with sixty points in the North-Central Zone, while the representatives
of Benue and FCT Abuja, Egbuiba Chetachukwu and Aimofumhe Eshiobomhe,
tied at second position with fifty-five points apiece.
Utibeabasi Bassey representing Akwa Ibom State emerged first  in the
South-South Zone with a score of sixty points, while Osayawe Oduwa and
Okogbenin Williams of Bayelsa and Edo States respectively scored
fifty-five points apiece to emerge second.
In the North-West, Bashir Al-Bashir from Kaduna State scored
forty-five points to emerge first, while Salisu Bunza of Kebbi State
scored forty and Osagie Jeremiah from Sokoto State scored thirty-five
points to emerge second and third positions respectively.

The eighteen finalists will represent their various geopolitical zones
at the grand finale of the competition scheduled to hold in September,
2019.


The competition is set up as a core element of NNPC Corporate Social
Responsibility package to promote science education in the country,
prepare students for promotional and qualifying examinations; and
build friendship amongst the participating students.

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