Joseph Bakare
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has announced winners of its 2nd EFCC Essay Competition, following a call for entries in August 2024.
The competition, aimed at promoting critical thinking and innovative solutions to cybercrimes, saw over 1,000 submissions from young Nigerians across the country.
The competition featured two categories: Using Technology for Social Good: How Digital Skills can Be Leveraged to Promote Transparency in Government as the thematic focus for the Tertiary Category, while the Secondary Category had Exploring Alternatives to Cybercrimes for Sustainable Development as its topic.
Following a careful review of all entries by a distinguished panel of judges selected from the academia, media, and civil society organizations, Pearl Okereke took the first position in the Secondary Category. Covenant Adesegun and Emmanuel Victor emerged the first and second runners-up respectively.
In the Tertiary Category, Adeshola Adejumo came first, while Favour Momoh came second, and Godwin Ajala finished third.
The winners will be honoured at the upcoming National Cybercrime Summit 2024, scheduled to take place on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The event will include an award presentation ceremony spotlighting the outstanding essays that highlighted innovative approaches to leveraging technology for transparency and combatting cybercrimes through sustainable development strategies.
The competition, the second in the series, underscores the EFCC’s commitment to engaging youths in the fight against cybercrimes while encouraging responsible uses of digital skills for social good.
The EFCC remains dedicated to mobilizing all its stakeholders, including youths, towards collaborative engagement in its ongoing fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption.
