Ayodele Akinkuowo, the 2015 Senior
category winner of the Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz Show,
has secured a scholarship to study Aeronautic Engineering at the University of
Moscow, Russia. Promasidor Nigeria Limited, the makers of Cowbell Milk brand
sponsors of the Quiz Show also donated the sum of USD $2,500 in appreciation of
the feat by a ‘Cowbellpedia Ambassador.’
Akinkuowo was a student of Adeyemi
College of Education Demonstration Secondary School, Ondo, Ondo State when he
won the Cowbellpedia Mathematics competition in November 2015.
While
hosting him in Lagos, Mr. Anders Einarsson, Managing Director of Promasidor Nigeria
Limited, noted that the company remains proud of the achievement of the young
man who has hoisted the Cowbellpedia flag higher by his brilliant outing. He
added that the money was a token of support for his trip and assured that
Promasidor would continue to support the academic development of Nigerian
children.
In his remarks, Akinkuowo expressed
deep gratitude for the gesture and promised not to diminish the Cowbellpedia
spirit in all his future endeavours. He disclosed that the competition has not
only emboldened him to face the challenges of life, but it has also taught him a
big lesson in faith and hope.
“The day I won the competition three
years ago, my mother wept. When the then Governor Olusegun Mimiko invited me
and my parents to the Government House in Akure for doing the state proud, I
wept especially after the Governor shook my hand. I can never forget such
moments. God and Promasidor have been kind to me. I will never forget,” he said.
The Cowbellpedia ex-champion said
that the process to winning the scholarship to Russia was rigorous, but he was
glad to beat the thousands of applicants who went through the various stages of
test, examination and elimination. “Actually, I got the information from a
friend and I collected the form. The process was tough, but I just had this
confidence that I can fly. I told my friends that after Cowbellpedia, nothing
can scare me again, especially the fact that we were the first set on the TV
Quiz Show,” Akinkuowo said.
He described the scholarship as a
dream come true since Aero or Space engineering has been his childhood dream. “The
Civil Engineering, I was studying at the University of Ibadan was actually my
second choice. So, when this came, it was indeed, a dream come true,” the young
lad said with a broad smile.
The Cowbellpedia initiative has
produced champions and heroes in the last two decades. Last November, Munachi
Ernest-Eze, a student of Loyola Jesuit College, set a new record by winning
both the Junior and Senior categories of the Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools
Mathematics Television Quiz Show within a period of two years.
Emmanuel Mebude, a student of
Ogunlade Memorial Secondary School, Surulere, Lagos, also set a new competition
record in speed and accuracy. He answered 17 questions in the “Cowbellpedia 60
Seconds of Fame” segment in the preliminary rounds of the Senior category.
Oluwaseun Idowu held the previous record of 16 questions in the Junior
category.
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