CIAPS is delighted to announce the longlists for the 2016 Public Interest Essay Competition.
According to a statement on the Centre’s website (www.ciaps.org) “The essay competition was open for entries for about three months, and over 250 essays were submitted.
The CIAPS longlist selection team came up with a list of 60 entries”.
Confirming the news the CIAPS Centre Director, Prof Anthony Kila noted that participants in the competition though united by a clear passion for understanding the country’scurrent economic travails,varied both in terms of age, gender, location, background and quality of entries.
He further stated that content of the entries also ranged from brilliant, interesting, to dull and even annoying.
The 2016 CIAPS Public Interest Essay Competitionwill confer 1Million Naira to the 5 most successful essays.
These finalists will be announced on 28 February2017. The winners will be announced on April8.
The Longlisted Entrants below can also be viewd on the Centre’s website.
Raji Abdulrahaman Adoza
Olusola Adeboye Isaac
Akachukwu Favour
ONYEKWERE CHUKWUEBUKA GODWIN
Gbadebo Damola
Machi Chukwubuike Victor
SANI EMMANUEL NUMA
Ibukun Ogunsola
ANENE OBINNA CHINEMELUM
Oluwole Alfred Olatunji
Oreoluwa Oluwaseun Opeyemi
Opara David
Ogwuche One Juliet
Sylvanus-Eyisi Doris
Bala Falama James
Taiwo Bakare
Gbenga Dairo
Bashir Muhammad
Innocent Tochukwu Okoro
Okpete Uchenna Esther
Chukwuemeka Amaefule
Solomon Abayomi Olakojo
Taiwo Awe
Babafemi Olabisi Samuel
Chidiebube Ifeanyi Udechukwu
AFOLABI BAYONLE GAFARI
John Izuchukwu Precious
Chigozie Muogbo
Akwaowo Uwem Enebong
Susan Austin-0suji
Sanni Peter Adinoyi
Shittu Toyin
Alade Blessing Adeyemi
Charles Umeh
Ndukwu Joseph Omoh
Abdulquadri Saka Bolanta
Bamiduro Esther Titilayo
Amusa Tajudeen Lasisi
Kingsley Onyeka
Evidence Ibe
SIMON BLESSING OBOBOLO
OLAWALE DAVID JOHNSON
GABRIEL BABATUNDE FATOKUNBO
Hermes Umana
Adekunle S. Alade
Muhammed A. Yusuf
Princewill Udom
Stanley Ikechukwu Echebiri
Oladimeji Adeleke
Babajide Moses
Patrick Efe EJUMEDIA
Azeez Abdullah Opeyemi
OBIAGWU PRECIOUS CHINONYEREM
Christopher Ugo Oseh
Joseph Edet Umoh
Oluwarotimi Olarewaju
Ikamdia Adamu Mshelia
Abdulrahman M Abu-Yaman
Mairiga Jonathan
Oladele Oloruntoba
