ITRealms:
A 100 level undergraduate from the
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nicodemus Chidera Onah has emerged the overall
winner in the 2015 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Students Essay on Internet Governance
for Development (IG4D), reports ITRealms.
Confirming
this, the Executive Director, Operations, DigitalSENSE Africa Media Limited, Mrs
Nkemdilim Nweke, said that Nicodemus Chidera Onah was adjudged most outstanding
by most of the judge faculty, hence his emergence.
She
noted that the students essay was on this year’s main theme: Net Neutrality and
Nigerian Internet Users, which must not exceed 600 words but must depict clear
understanding of the subject matter by the essay writers.
She
also disclosed that the first runner up, was another student from UNN also in
Enugu State, by name Kizito Chijioke Onah who is a student of English and Literary
studies, while the third place went to Ms Ekpobadarho Oghenetejiri Blessing
from the Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State.
Mrs.
Nweke also said that Nicodemus who scored highest from this year’s panel of
judges is a student of Electronic Engineering, 100 level, and would be
attending the 2015 edition of Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) courtesy
of Etisalat Nigeria, in addition to receiving the star prize of a laptop fully
equipped with free data access for 12 months.
She
noted that NIGF 2015 would take place at the nation’s capital, Abuja between
July 20 and 21, with special interest in the youth forum as well as the plenary
sessions.
According
to her, the first and second runners up will be sponsored to Lagos where they
will be presented their prizes of a tablet and a smart phone respectively.
She
therefore, congratulated the winners of this year’s essay contest for their
efforts.
Reacting,
Nicodemus Onah, the star prize winner, described his emergence as ‘unbelievable’
when contacted with the news.
He
also promised to focus on making more case for cybersecurity in Nigeria at the
2015 NIGF, though he decried that the awareness on Internet Governance is still
below average, he advised Nigerian youths to take advantage of the Internet and
get better education.
On
the way forward, he said that there is need to enact user-driven internet
policies in the country, that would keep the sanctity of the Internet.
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Pix: Nicodemus Chidera Onah, winner of NDSF Students essay 2015
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