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WSICE2021: 17 young leaders from 4 continents feature in International Youth Assembly to mark Wole Soyinka’s 87th birthday.

The essence of the WSICE program is to channel the creative energies of youth into more ennobling engagements. It aims to turn the minds of young people away from vices that afflict society and threaten the future of humanity.

WSICE is engaged in directing adults towards the path of redemption. It accomplishes this with the youths through the annual Wole Soyinka Essay Competition, where young people are given topics (reflective of current national or international issues) to write on. It realizes the second objective through the Wole Soyinka Advocacy Session, targeted at young adults irrespective of their class, creed, faith, gender, or orientation.

This voyage is detailed below, along with its year, theme, winners, school, and student information.

2010

POLITICS OF ART AND CULTURE IN GLOBAL DIPLOMACY

WINNERS
1st – GBENGA ADENIJI – Male
2nd – LAWRENCE WAKDET – Male
3rd – JOHN OLAYEMI OKUNLOLA – Male

2011
I LOVE MY COUNTRY

WINNERS
1st – AALIYAH OVAYOZA IBRAHIMSchool: ZAMANI COLLEGE, KADUNA

  • State: KADUNA STATE
  • Age: 15 years                   
  • Class: SS 1
  • Gender: Female

2nd – IKECHUKWU NWACHI

  • School: SAINTS ACADEMY, JOS
  • State: PLATEAU STATE
  • Age: 14 years
  • Class: JSS 3
  • Gender: Male

3rd – FASANYA OLUWASEUN

  • School: Graceland International School, Port Harcourt
  • State: Rivers State
  • Age: 15 years
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Male

 

2012
THE MIND OF A PATRIOT

WINNERS
1st – MGBEAHURIKE SOPORUCHI

  • School: Graceland International School, Port Harcourt
  • State: Rivers State
  • Age: 15 years
  • Class: SS 1
  • Gender: Female

2nd – EMMANUEL CHIDINMA OLUDUNNI

  • School: Betends Unity High School, Idanre
  • State: Ondo State
  • Age: 17 years
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Female

3rd – AALIYAH OVAYOZA IBRAHIM

  • School: ZAMANI COLLEGE, KADUNA
  • State: KADUNA STATE
  • Age: 16 years                   
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Female

2013
MEMOIRS OF OUR FUTURE

WINNERS
1st – AKINPELU MOTOLANI MARY

  • School: Oladipo Alayande School of Science
  • State: Oyo State
  • Age: 15 years
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Female

2nd – COSMOS ANDREW ADEDERO

  • School: Mount St. Gabriel Secondary School, Makurdi
  • State: Benue State
  • Age: 16 years
  • Class: SS 3
  • Gender: Male

3rd A– CHUKWUNWEIKE ROMIEOKWU NORA

  • School: Dority International Secondary School, Aba
  • State: Abia State
  • Age: 16 years
  • Class: SS 3
  • Gender: Female

3rd B – OLUWATOMISIN ADEBISI

  • School: Leadcity International School, Ibadan
  • State: Oyo State
  • Age: 15 years
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Female

2014
EDUCATION: PATH TO FREEDOM AND THE FUTURE
WINNERS (Five prizes were awarded this year)

1st – AKPAN ENWONGOBONG ENEFIOK

  • School: Topfaith International Secondary School, Uyo
  • State: Akwa Ibom State
  • Age: 15 years
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Female

2nd – AKINRIMISI TAIWO OMOLAYO

  • School: Imade College, Owo
  • State: Ondo State
  • Age: 17 years
  • Class: SS 3
  • Gender: Male

3rd – OPATOLA PETER ADEMOLA

  • School: Lord’s Secondary School, Ilora
  • State: Oyo State
  • Age: 17 years
  • Class: SS 3        
  • Gender: Male

4th – ADEAGBO SEKINAT TOLUWASE

  • School: Sharon Rose Schools and College, Saki
  • State: Oyo State
  • Age: 16 years
  • Class: SS 3
  • Gender: Female

5th – OYIBE THEOPHILUS CHINONSO

  • School: Charles Secondary School
  • State: Ebonyi State
  • Age: 17 years                
  • Class: SS 3
  • Gender: Male

2015
JUSTICE AND FREEDOM: ESSENTIAL CONDITIONS FOR HUMANITY

WINNERS

1st – ONWUHA NNAEMEKA DANIEL

  • School: Government College, Umuahia
  • State: Abia State
  • Age: 16 years                           
  • Class: SS 3
  • Gender: Male

2nd – ANIGBO STEPHEN CHINEDU

  • School: Christ the King College, Onitsha
  • State: Anambra State
  • Age: 17 years
  • Class: SS 3
  • Gender: Male

3rd – ONMONYA PRINCE DAN

  • School: Mount St. Gabriel Secondary School, Makurdi
  • State: Benue State
  • Age: 16 years
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Male

2016
CHALLENGES OR NOT, I LOVE MY COUNTRY

WINNERS

1st – AKINREMI NAOMI AYOMIDE

  • School: Peter’s college, Olomore
  • State: Ogun State
  • Age: 14 years
  • Class: SS 1
  • Gender: Female

2nd – SOTONWA ADEDOYIN GOODNESS

  • School: Mayflower School, Ikenne
  • State: Ogun State
  • Age: 15 years
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Female

3rd – EDIGBO FRIDAY ZACCHEUS

  • School: Adeola Odutola College, Ijebu-Ode
  • State: Ogun State
  • Age: 15 years                
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Male

2017
INTOLERANCE: THE BURDEN OF OUR MORAL AND NATIONAL CONSCIENCE

WINNERS

1st – HAWKINS-OGELLE EMMANUEL

  • School: Jomeg College, Umuahia
  • State: Abia State
  • Age: 15 years
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Male

2nd – NWANGA SOLOMON EBUBECHUKWU

  • School: Charles Secondary School, Nigercem
  • State: Ebonyi State
  • Age: 18 years                
  • Class: SS 3
  • Gender: Male

3rd – ABOLOKO ERICA

  • School: Breakthrough Academy
  • State: Ogun State
  • Age: 15 years
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Female

2018
THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH: LIES AND THE NATIONAL PSYCHE

WINNERS

1st – ONYEMELUKWE BRANDON OBIOMA

  • School: Dority International School, Aba
  • State: Abia State
  • Age: 17 years
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Male

2nd – OKORONKWO MMESOMACHI GOSPEL

  • School: Dority International School, Aba
  • State: Abia State
  • Age: 16 years
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Male

3rd – MBAGWU NZUBECHUKWU.

  • School: Federal Government College, Okigwe
  • State: Anambra
  • Age: 15 years
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Male

2019 (marked 10th year anniversary)
FREEDOM JUSTICE & EQUITY: THE CHILDREN’S INTERVENTION IN RENEWAL OF THE NATION
N.B The management decided to give more students a chance to be winners by conduction regional screenings from the essays that were submitted for qualification

The winners of the regional essay competition are:

Northeast – IBRAHIM MAINA SALEH

  • School: Gombe High School
  • State: Gombe State
  • Age: 15 years
  • Class: SS 1B
  • Gender: Male

Northwest: MUJAHYD AMEEN LILO

  • School: Sunshine International College, Kano
  • State: Kano State
  • AGE: 16 years
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Male

North Central: OKONKWO OKECHUKWU

  • School: Heritage International School
  • State: Nasarawa State
  • Age: 15 years
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Male

South-South: SAMUEL ONYINYECHI GOODNESS U

  • School: West end Mixed School
  • STATE: Delta
  • Class: SS 3
  • Gender: Female

Southwest: SOLADOYE TOLUWANIMI

  • School: The Vale College, Ibadan
  • State: Oyo State
  • Age: 14 years
  • Class: SS 2
  • Gender: Female

Southeast: IFEANYICHUKWU KEMDINACHI LYONNET

  • School: Dority International Secondary School
  • State: Abia State
  • Class: SS 1
  • Age: 15 years
  • Gender: Female

The topic for this session was: THE CHALLENGE TO NATION BUILDING
The 10th anniversary Special essay competition winner

Name: AJAYI KOLAJO

  • School: Abeokuta Grammar School
  • Class: SS 2
  • Age: 15 years                   
  • Gender: Male

2020
I AM BECAUSE YOU ARE

WINNERS
ANGLOPHONE (ENGLISH) SENIOR

1st – TYRONE NKULULEKO TAKAWIRA

  • School/Institution: Ashesi University
  • Country: Zimbabwe
  • Age Group: 17 -22 years
  • Gender: Male

Runner Up – BOLUWADURO ABASIEKEM ADEYEMI

  • School/Institution: American University of Barbados
  • Country: Citizen – Nigeria, Residence – Barbados
  • Age Group: 17 -22 years
  • Gender: Male

ANGLOPHONE (ENGLISH) JUNIOR

1st – EMILY SUH

  • School/Institution: Torrey Pines High School
  • Country: USA
  • Age Group: 12 -16 years
  • Gender: Female

Runner Up – JOSEPH DIVINE

  • School/Institution: Caleb International College, Magodo
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Age Group: 12 -16 years
  • Gender: Female

FRANCOPHONE (FRENCH) SENIOR

1st – FELISTA BILUGE

  • School/Institution: Universite Catholique De Bukavu
  • Country: Republique Democratique Du Congo
  • Age Group: 17 -22 years
  • Gender: Female

Runner Up – EMMANUEL ADJANOR

  • School/Institution: Groupe Ecoles Alfred Nobel
  • Country: Cote D’ivoire
  • Age Group: 17 -22 years
  • Gender: Male

FRANCOPHONE (ENGLISH) JUNIOR

1st – THELMA IHEANACHO

  • School/Institution: Meadow Hall School
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Age Group: 12 -16 years
  • Gender: Female

Runner Up – TOLUWANI SONUGA

  • School/Institution: Corona Secondary School, Agbara
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Age Group: 12 -16 years
  • Gender: Female

SINOPHONE (CHINESE) SENIOR

1st – YUYING ZHU

  • School/Institution: San Diego State University
  • Country: China
  • Age Group: 17 -22 years
  • Gender: Female

Runner Up – JIAYI LI

  • School/Institution: University of Edinburgh
  • Country: China
  • Age Group: 17 -22 years
  • Gender: Female

SINOPHONE (CHINESE) MIDDLE

1st – SHAOYUAN LI

  • School/Institution: Tilton School
  • Country: China
  • Age Group: Middle
  • Gender: Male

Runner Up – PAMPHILE SASSI AUBERT

  • School/Institution: Tianjin University
  • Country: Nigeria/China
  • Age Group: Middle
  • Gender: Male

HISPANOPHONE (SPANISH) SENIOR

1st – SAMSON IKECHUKWU AREWAH

  • School/Institution: University of Benin, Edo State
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Age Group: 17 – 22 years
  • Gender: Male

Runner Up – MAYRA MILEIDY PEDRAZA FERNANDEZ

  • School/Institution: Egresade De La Institution Educativa Veinte De Julio
  • Country: Colombia
  • Age Group: 17 – 22 years
  • Gender: Female

LUSOPHONE (PORTUGUESE) SENIOR

1st – PEDRO HERMENEGILDO GONÇALVES CAPITA

  • School/Institution: Escola Do Segundo Ciclo Do Ensino Secundario
  • Country: Angola
  • Age Group: 17 – 22 years
  • Gender: Male

Runner Up – DÉLCIA DA CONCEICÃO VERISSIMO DA COSTA

  • School/Institution: Instituto Superior Politecnico Alvorecer da Juventude
  • Country: Angola
  • Age Group: 17 – 22 years
  • Gender: Female

GLOBAL WINNERS

JUNIOR CATEGORY: THELMA IHEANACHO

  • School: Meadow Hall, School
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Age Group: 12 -16 years
  • Gender: Female

SENIOR CATEGORY: TYRONE NKULULEKO TAKAWIRA

  • School/Institution: Ashesi University
  • Country: Zimbabwe
  • Age Group: 17 -22 years
  • Gender: Male

CONSOLATION DIASPORA PRIZE

JUNIOR CATEGORY

1st – VERA HONAM ANTHONIO

  • School/Institution: Aburi Girls Senior High School – Presbyterian, Ghana
  • Country: Ghana
  • Age Group: 12 – 16 years
  • Gender: Female

Runner Up – SAMPADA DAHAL

  • School/Institution: White Heaven Academy, Nepal
  • Country: Nepal
  • Age Group: 12 – 16 years
  • Gender: Female

SENIOR CATEGORY

1st – LETA DANIEL

  • School/Institution: Gerald High School
  • Country: Uganda
  • Age Group: 17 – 22 years
  • Gender: Male

1st Runner Up – MAJEEDAT ABDULMAJEED

  • School/Institution: Victoria De Giron
  • Country: Cuba
  • Age Group: 17 – 22 years
  • Gender: Female

2nd Runner Up – ANUSHREE CHAUDHURI

  • School/Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Country: USA
  • Age Group: 17 – 22 years
  • Gender: Female

2022
CITIZENSHIP AND NATION BUILDING: THE YOUTH INTERVENTION FOR A NEW DAWN

WINNERS

1ST: SOBOWALE DANIEL OLASUBOMI

  • School: Redeemers High School, Redemption Camp
  • Class: SS 2
  • Age: 15 years
  • Gender: Male

2nd: BOLUGBE OLAYINKA

  • School: Ansar-Ud-Deen Grammar School, Isaga Orile
  • Class: SS 2
  • Age: 19 years
  • Gender: Female

3rd: OLADAPO ILERIOLUWA

  • School: The international Academy
  • Class: SS2
  • Age: 15years
  • Gender: Male

 

 

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