Hannah Adeyemi of Unity Senior College, Lagos, has emerged as the champion of the 2024 edition of the annual Academic Excellence Initiative’s (AEI’s) Scholars’ Day.
The exceptional education event was titled ‘The Passion for Academic Excellence, Students on Call’.
Following an internet-based quiz competition contested among 82 young Nigerians in Lagos on Saturday, June 22, the organisers announced Ms Adeyemi as the overall best student with 76%.
The first runner-up, Eniola Ajibode, trailed Adeyemi by just two percent. Ajibode is a student of Elias International School, Lagos.
MIMS Comprehensive College’s Akintunde Moosa emerged as the second runner-up.
The first, second, and third candidates had 76%, 74%, and 74% respectively, however, Ajibode beat Moosa to silver on account of speed and accuracy.
While the overall winner was awarded N100,000, the silver and bronze medalists went home with N75,000 and N50,000 respectively.
Abdullahi Muhammad of Iskanulhaq Educational Services took fourth, Nnamdi Isiani of Ideal Crystal School in fifth, and Usoolul Iman College’s AbdulWahab Habeeblah in sixth.
All the six students were rewarded.
Top AEI official tasks students on excellence
Speaking at the event, Prince Adesegun Ogungbayi, the Project Coordinator of AEI, urged the participants to develop the spirit of excellence, offering advice on the future of online examination systems.
He said:
“My uncommon scholars, you all need to know that by the year 2030, all your examinations may be through the use of your smartphones and not even personal computer-based. Therefore, prepare ahead.”
Ogungbayi continued:
“The Annual Award/Scholars Day is very important to prepare all outstanding students across the nation for greatness, and particularly, for them to be able to break more academic grounds in SSCE with 9As and outstanding scores of not less than 380 in 2025 UTME.”
He concluded:
“You need a high level of determination and focus, embedded with moral perfection and spiritual uprightness to attain these great goals.”
