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Thursday, October 11 th , 2018, Lagos, Nigeria:
The quest for the best teacher in secondary schools in Nigeria in 2018 came to
a glorious end on Thursday, when Olasunkanmi Samuel Opeifa, a teacher from
Government Day Secondary School, Karu, Abuja emerged as the 2018 Maltina
Teacher of the Year.
For the feat, Opeifa was rewarded with One Million Naira in addition to Five
Hundred Thousand Naira he received as state champion from Abuja. He will
also get One Million Naira every year for the next five years and a block of six
classrooms built at his school.
On the same night, Olalekan Adeeko, a Computer studies teacher from Baptist
Boys High School, Abeokuta, Ogun State emerged the first runner-up, while
Mr. Samuel Temitope Popoola, a Physics teacher with Deeper Life High School,
Akure, Ondo State clinched the second runner-up position.
Apart from the N500,000 reward as State Champion, the first and second
runners-up got an additional One Million Naira (N1, 000, 000) and Seven
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N750, 000) respectively.
The Managing Director, Nigerian Breweries Plc., Mr. Jordi Borrut Bel explained
that in line with its philosophy of Winning with Nigeria, the company resolved
in 1994, to play a more active role in the development of education in Nigeria
when it established the Nigerian Breweries – Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust
Fund with a commencement capital of N100 million naira.
Borrut Bel maintained that over the years, the Education Trust Fund has
impacted over 25,000 students with over 400 classrooms, 30 libraries and
laboratories built in over 40 communities across Nigeria.
Since inception, the Maltina Teacher of the Year has produced four grand
winners: Rose Nkemdilim Obi from Anambra State (2015), Imoh Essien from
Akwa Ibom State (2016) and Felix Ariguzo from Delta State (2017) and the
current champion
2018 MALTINA TEACHER OF THE YEAR PHOTO NEWS
PHOTO CAPTIONS
From Left to Right: Professor Anthony Anwukah, Honourable
Minister of State for Education; Professor Mopelola Omoegun,
member of Jury, Maltina Teacher of the Year; Opeifa Olasunkanmi,
2018 Maltina Teacher of the Year and Jordi Borrut Bel, Managing
Director/CEO, Nigerian Breweries Plc at the grand finale of the2018
Maltina Teacher of the Year in Lagos on Thursday
From Left to Right: Samuel Popoola, second runner-up; Opeifa
Olasunkanmi, 2018 Maltina Teacher of the Year and Olalekan
Adeeko, first runner-up at the grand finale of the 2018 Maltina
Teacher of the Year in Lagos on Thursday
From Left to Right: Jordi Borrut Bel, Managing Director/CEO Nigerian
Breweries; Samuel Popoola, second runner-up; Opeifa Olasunkanmi,
2018 Maltina Teacher of the Year and Olalekan Adeeko, first runner-
up and Professor Anthony Anwukah, Honourable Minister of State
for Education at the grand finale of the 2018 Maltina Teacher of the
Year in Lagos on Thursday
