By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate
Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Sunday announced six (6) secondary schools have qualified for the grand finale of its fifth National Quiz Competition on Capital Market.
SEC in a statement made available to InvestAdvocate said the six schools emerged zonal winners and would be representing the six geo-political zones.
The Commission named the schools as Government Secondary School, Akim Calabar, Cross Rivers State which came first among other five secondary schools from the South-South zone of the country.
Others are Community Secondary School Okposhi Ebonyi State which came first in the South-East zone, Bibo-Oluwa Academy, Ilesha, Osun State from South-West zone and Chapel Secondary School Tanke, Ilorin, Kwara State from North-Central zone.
While Abdulrasheed Raji Special School, Sokoto from North-West zone and Federal Government College, Azaure Bauchi State represents the North-East zone.
According to SEC, the Zonal level competition is the second elimination stage where the winning Schools from each State slugged it out to come up with a winner to represent the State at the National level.
‘’The final stage is the National level which is the grand finale of the competition where the overall winner will be determined from the six geo-political zones of the Country. The grand finale will come up on 26th November, 2014 in FCT,’’ SEC added.
The Commission further affirmed that having been winners at the six geo-political zones of the country, the six schools are now battle ready to face each other to determine the winner of this year’s edition of the competition on Capital Market.
The Nigeria’s securities regulator say the competition is part of its strategies at bringing the Capital Market closer to the people as well as developing the market. Tagged ‘catch them young’, ‘’the competition is also aimed at inculcating savings culture in our youths,’’ SEC affirmed.
It disclosed that the competition which started last week all over the country at state level culminated in zonal final on Friday where State winners competed for emergence of theses zonal representatives.
‘’The SEC NIGERIA as the apex regulator of the Nigerian capital Market performs the dual roles of market regulation and development and had in 2004 infused Capital Market studies into six subjects of the Senior Secondary school. Also, the Commission is sponsoring Capital Market studies in some Nigerian Universities. These include, Ahmadu Bello University and University of Lagos.’’ the Nigeria’s Equities regulator said.
