Gloria Ofili, a senior secondary school three (SSS 3) student of Word of Faith Group of Schools, Benin City, Edo State, has emerged the winner of the N200,000 grand prize, at The Clan Quiz competition, organised by Face of Niger Delta Cultural Pageant (FONDCUP).
The competition, is a pet project of the 1st Runner up, FONDCUP, Faith Iguodala, focused on celebrating the cultural heritage of the Niger-Deltans.
Iguodala, said the competition was aimed to promote, advocate and create awareness, as well as project the rich culture, values, traditions and history of the Niger Delta people among the younger generation in senior and junior secondary schools.
She added that the competition, being the first edition, was an agent of creativity and social change.
“The Niger-Delta region is blessed with rich traditions, cultures and values that the children need to know, learn and understand. The competition had a large number of entries but about 150 met screening requirements. It recorded over 30 Niger-Delta-born students, who participated in the competition,” she said.
Convener, FONDCUP, Elizabeth Era, lauded the students for their efforts in promoting the cultural heritage of the Niger-Delta region and promised that the competition’s ideology will get better in the future.
She said that the winner would also get an opportunity to be one of the content creators for the next volume of the My Niger Delta Handbook, the material provided for the students to study for the competition.
