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Ejigbo Students emerge winners of Lagos Quiz Competition
By Abolaji Adebayo
Two students from Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, Maryam Afolabi and Faatimah Salman, have emerged Winner and First Runner-Up in the Quiz Competition organized by the Lagos State body of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, held on January 1st, 2021.
The competition was part of the body’s annual programme, Islamic Vacation Course, which was done virtually and followed by a large audience of more than 500 across the state.
At the grand finale of the competition, Maryam Afolabi and Faatimah Salman who both attend Learn With Ease Academy scored 90 percent and 83 percent respectively. This made them emerged as first and second in the competition which recorded over six hundred entries from students in Lagos state.
According to the organisers, the contest was held in stages as the initially accredited three hundred participants were streamlined to five students who contested for the grand finale of the much coveted competition.
Among the five finalists were the two students from Ejigbo whose performances were remarkable and worthy of commendation.
While acknowledging the level of performance of the contestants, the President of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit, Mr. Miftaudeen Sanni, congratulated the winners with emphasis on the representatives of Ejigbo for their stellar performance.
He however advised the students to take their academics seriously.
Doing this, he said, would always make them stand out among their peers.
Also speaking about the victory was the Head of the Muslim Students’ body in Ejigbo LCDA, Mr. Abdulfatai Akinosho, who expressed his gratitude to God as he congratulated the winners for representing Ejigbo well and for putting their school in the front banner of academic success in the state and beyond.
He however thanked the organisers for creating an avenue for students in the state to show “the stuff they are made of and what they are capable of doing when it comes to their studies.”
He added that it would go a long way in encouraging students to be upright in their studies.
