“I studied computer science and I am always very good at it but look at me now it is the processing and packaging of Ijebu Garri that everyone now knows me for”. - Ganiyat Jimoh nee Owolewa(CEO Ggee Foods)
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| From Right- Mrs. Muhammed, Alh.Babatunde(SSA Youth Empowerment), Mr. Hanafi, Student, Mr. Ayanlere and Mrs. Jimoh |
PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY: LAST STAGE ON THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR AND ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Recall that Coin Consults under its
CoinKwara programme collaborated with Youth Elite Group to support the schools
and our future (the students) by organizing an ‘Entrepreneurship Development Seminar and Essay Writing Competition for
Primary and Secondary School Students’. The programme held on 25th
November, 2017 at Government Day Senior Secondary School, Adewole, Ilorin,
Kwara State and was gracefully attended by 30 participants made up of primary,
junior and senior secondary school students alongside their teachers. The
participating schools were:
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Al-Ikhlas Nursery and Primary School,
Adewole, Ilorin, Kwara State.
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Excel Kiddies Academy, Islamic Village,
Ilorin, Kwara State.
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Evergreen International College,
Asa-Dam, Ilorin, Kwara State.
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As-Sekinat Nursery and Primary School,
Osere, Ilorin, Kwara State.
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Imam Dar Al-Hijra School, Mandate,
Ilorin, Kwara State.
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Government Day Secondary School,
Adewole, Ilorin, Kwara State.
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| Presentation of certificates and prizes at GDSS Adewole |
The programme was successfully
conducted. Participants’ scripts were given to experts to mark and audit to
ensure fairness and accuracy, after which results were posted online (see
coinkwara.blogspot.com.ng).
Having known the scores of each student,
the next and last stage of the programme was presentation of certificates with
prizes to the participants. The participating schools preferred that the prizes
be presented to the participants at their various schools. They explained that
it would save the students a big stress of coming out in a weekend for the
second time in the same programme, and moreover, they were about to start their
exams. We agreed to this and collaborating organizations conducted presentation
of certificates at different schools.
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| The Organizer, Special Guests and Co-hosts with the participants at Evergreen International Schools |
Coin Consults organized the prize
presentation ceremony for participants from Evergreen International Schools at
their Assembly Ground while the Young Elite Group handled the presentations in
the other five schools. All participants were entitled to participation certificates while participants that took first,
second or third position were given Merit
Award Certificates. Complementing prizes donated were (50) Exercise books
and well packaged ‘Ijebu Garri’ (amounting to 35kg) from Ggee Foods and
packaged Ponmo (amounting to 500g) from Ayat Ponmo. Exercise books were given
to all the participants; garri was given to all the winners while ponmo was
given to selected winners. These two entrepreneurs that donated gifts are members
of the Coinkwara Entrepreneurship Community.
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| Prize giving ceremony at Evergreen International Schools |
Graced by special guests, (Alhaji Saka
Babatunde-SSA to Kwara State Governor on Youth empowerment and Mrs. Ganiyat
Jimoh nee Owolewa- CEO Ggee Foods) the prize presentation at the Evergreen
International Schools was the grand ceremony. The two leaders of the schools,
Mr. Tajudeen Ayanlere (principal) and Mrs. Abdullahi (Head Mistress) were the co-hosts.
Alhaji Babatunde was given the floor to
address the audience after Mr. Ayanlere welcomed everyone to the event. He
started by conveying the best wishes of the State governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah
Ahmed to everyone present and all the participants, especially the award
winners. He commended the organizers for such a developmental programme and
also the schools for allowing their students to participate in such
entrepreneurship development seminar and essay writing competition at young
age. He encouraged the students to always work very hard as they could become
any good thing they want to become in future, if they work hard. The merit
award certificates and prizes were presented to winners by Alhaji Saka
Babatunde.
Mr. Hanafi Olanrewaju Rabiu- Co-founder,
Coin Consults and also the Director, Coinkwara Programme gave the breakdown of
the seminar and competition. He explained that their main aim for organizing
such programme was to expose the young students to seminar and entrepreneurship,
and also to build their entrepreneurial and writing skills. He thanked the
Evergreen International Schools for participating in the competition and was especially
appreciative of the special guests for making out time to come and motivate the
students out of their extremely tight schedule. He also announced the donations
of gifts from Ggee Foods and Ayat Ponmo before inviting Mrs. Jimoh- CEO, Ggee
foods to talk to the students.
Mrs. Jimoh in her remark advised the
students to always pay close attention to the trade their parents are involved
in as this could be the beginning of learning entrepreneurial skills from
parents who are entrepreneurs. She also informed them of the importance of
education in whatever they aimed at becoming in future. Citing herself as an
example, she said, “I studied computer science and I am always very good at it
but look at me now it is the processing and packaging of Ijebu Garri that
everyone now knows me for”. She also explained that it was her education that
made her product stands out when compared to what is obtainable in the market. Mrs.
Jimoh presented the participation certificates to all the participants and also
the gifts of exercise books to the school and the SSA.
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| Mrs. Ganiyat presenting Certificate and Gift to participant |
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