The second edition of Late Dele Giwa Inter School Essay competition is here again. Dele Giwa, a successful investigative journalist, was killed by a letter bomb on October 19, 1986, hailed from Ugbekpe Ekperi, Etsako Central Local Government Area.

The Executive Chairman of Etsako Central LGA, Hon. Solomon Obomighie, upon assumption of office, decided to immortalize Late Dele Giwa through the annual inter school essay competition.

There are two stages of this exercise: the preliminary stage and grand finale. In the preliminary stage, a seven-man planning committee will send questions to all interested school heads to assess their best that will represent them at the grand finale. While at the grand finale all participating students will converge and essay questions will be administered to them to answer.

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The categories are the Junior Category and Senior Category; and in each category, there will be prizes for first, second and third winners and the first school in each category will also get a prize.

According to Comr. Amedu Matthew, Secretary Planning Committee, this essay competition is open to all private and public school students in Etsako West LGA, Etsako Central LGA, and Etsako East LGA of Edo State, and the date is October 19, 2024, at the Council Hall, Etsako Central LGA, and 10am.

He said interested school proprietors and heads should reach out to the secretary of the planning committee for further information.