Miss Ifeoluwa Toluwanimi Abiodun, a 14 year old student of Babington Macauley Junior Seminary, Ikorodu, Lagos State, has emerged the winner of the 2016 edition of the NSE Essay Competition for Senior Secondary Schools students in Nigeria.
Ifeoluwa clinched the first position at the award ceremony, held at the Civic Centre, Lagos, ahead of over 7,400 participants across the country, winning N500,000 in scholarship fund for university education, N250,000 worth of equity investment and a laptop.
Her school was also rewarded with three desktop computers and a printer.
Udeaja Nneoma of Sacred Hearts College, Apapa, Lagos and Gbenjo Olasubomi Victoria of Good Shepherd Schools, Meiran, Lagos emerged first and second runner-ups respectively.
The three students were also honoured with a Closing Gong ceremony at the Exchange.
The NSE Essay Competition is one of The Nigerian Stock Exchange’s (NSE) financial literacy and inclusion initiatives aimed at bridging the gap between classroom learning and practical knowledge required for long-term personal financial planning.
It serves as an essential platform to get the perspectives of our young ones on key challenges relating to financial literacy and inclusion in Nigeria. The competition’s overall goal is to develop a culture of wealth creation amongst our youth towards building a financially savvy generation.”
Speaking at the event, Oscar Onyema, Chief Executive Officer, NSE, noted that the Exchange has implemented and supported a number of programmes in line with the National Financial Literacy Framework (NFLF), which contribute to raising the level of financial literacy in Nigeria. “To date, we have executed over 200 free capacity building workshops, aimed at enhancing investor understanding of the basics of investing.”
The multiplier effect of these workshops is phenomenal, as approximately 16,000 retail investors from the grassroots can now make better investment decisions,” he said.
“Improving financial literacy is at the core of what we do at the NSE because we recognise that the ability to make well-informed financial decisions plays an important part in the capacity of individuals to manage financial matters well, a factor that can have either a negative or positive ripple effect on the economy. I am proud to say that with the NSE Essay Competition, we have established a strong foundation for improving the financial literacy and capability of Nigerians. Through this competition, we have been able to promote financial literacy among young Nigerians, by encouraging them to learn how good financial decisions can better their lives now and in the future, and ultimately grow the economy.”
According to Onyema, the Exchange, in the past 16 years, has through this laudable initiative impacted the lives of many Nigerian youths in various secondary schools positively. “We have been able to inspire over 37,000 young people in more than 7,000 schools across Nigeria to learn how good financial decisions can better their lives now and in the future, and ultimately grow the economy
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