12 Schools Qualify For Akintola Williams Debate

Twelve primary and secondary schools will feature in the final of the Akintola Williams Debate holding November 2, at the British Council, Ikoyi, Lagos.

The essay competition, organised by the Nigeria British Association (NBA) in collaboration with Association of International School Educators (AISEN) would feature primary, junior secondary and senior secondary categories.

The 12 finalists emerged at the preliminary round held at Supreme Education Foundation (SEF) Magodo, penultimate week.

In the Primary Category, New Hall came first, River Banks came second, while Treasure House and Meadow Hall followed in the third and fourth positions.

In the Junior Secondary category: Day waterman college came first; SEF, placed second, and Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls, Ikeja, and Leadforte School followed in the runners up positions.

In the Senior Secondary Category: Lead forte came first, Corona School was second; while Day Waterman came third and Meadow Hall was fourth.

NBA’s chairman for programmes and event, Oluwaseyi Adeyemo said the debate was organized to celebrate Accounting Icon, Akintola Williams, who clocked 100 year-old in August.
“Baba Akintola Williams believes in education, so we continue to do this debate in his honour. We have been doing it for the past five to six years.

“Incidentally the Nigeria Britain Association is celebrating 50th anniversary and this year Baba Akintola Williams is celebrating his 100th birthday, so we consider this year’s event special,” he said.

Speaking on his assessment of the senior category which he judged, Adeyemo said: “I must confess that even as an elder some of the things that they said today I did not know. They have done a lot of work and I am proud and excited that our children are learning and are this educated.”

Adeyemo said public schools were not included because of logistics.

However, he said they would feature from next year though the priority would be given to schools using the British Curriculum under NBA.