NLI School Debate Competition
The Nigeria Leadership Initiative, in collaboration with the FCT-School Education Board is proud to present its first Secondary School Debate Competition sponsored by Stanbic IBTC Bank.
This Initiative is part of NLI’s Education Initiative, which aims to encourage the development of values and patriotism amongst secondary schools in the FCT through interaction and discussions amongst students.. NLI is currently hosting several rounds of debate competitions in selected secondary schools. Some topics include:
*The decline in family values is primarily responsible for the decay in today’s Nigerian society.
*Inter-marriage is an effective tool towards building ethnic tolerance.
Prizes will be presented to best debaters and best participating schools.
The schedule for the preliminary round is as follows
| NLI/FCT SCHOOLS DEBATE COMPETITION | ||||||
| PRELIMINARY ROUND 2ND FEB – 9TH MARCH 2009 | ||||||
| S/NO | GROUP | SCHOOLS | WEEK | DATE | DEBATE TOPICS | |
| 1 | A | GSS GARKI vs GSS TWADA | 1 | 9TH | Patriotism is the most important Value in building a country as diverse as Nigeria | |
| 2 | B | SSS WUSE vs MSS MAITAMA | 11TH | The decline in family Values primarily responsible for the decay in today’s Nigerian society | ||
| 3 | C | SSS GWARIMPA VS ADSS MAITAMA | 2 | 16TH | Inter-marriage is an effective tool towards building ethnic tolerance | |
| 4 | D | ADSS ASOKORO VS GSS LUGBE | 18TH | The decline in family Values primarily responsible for the decay in today’s Nigerian society | ||
| 5 | E | GSS AIRPORT VS GSS PYAKASA | 3 | 23RD | Patriotism is the most important Value in building a country as diverse as Nigeria | |
| 6 | F | GSS KARU VS GDSS KARU | 25TH | Inter-marriage is an effective tool towards building ethnic tolerance | ||
| 7 | G | GSS NYANYA VS GSS KARSHI | 4 | 2ND MARCH | Patriotism is the most important Value in building a country as diverse as Nigeria | |
| 8 | H | GSS JIWA VS GSTC GARKI | 4TH | Patriotism is the most important Value in building a country as diverse as Nigeria | ||
| 9 | I | GDSS WUSE II VS GSS MABUSHI | 5 | 9TH | Inter-marriage is an effective tool towards building ethnic tolerance | |
| 10 | J | GSS APO VS GSS JIKWOYI | 11th | The decline in family Values primarily responsible for the decay in today’s Nigerian society | ||
| 11 | K | GSS GWAGWA VS GSS JABI | 6 | 16th | Patriotism the most important Value in building a country as diverse as Nigeria | |
NLI is grateful for Stanbic’s Support