Lagos State educator, Adeola Adefemi on Friday shattered the 8-year drought in the prestigious Maltina teachers award as she claimed the 2023 Maltina Teacher Of the Year Award
Adefemi, a teacher in Keke Senior High School 1, Agege. beats 1499 contestants that registered for the 2023 Maltina Teacher of the Year awards.
Adefemi will receive a total cash award of N6.5 million (N1.5 million upfront and N1 million per year for the next five years) from the Nigerian Breweries – Felix Ohiwerei Trust Fund for taking home the 9th edition of the Maltina Teacher of the Year award.
A fully equipped computer lab or a six-classroom building worth N20 million will be created for his school in his honour by the Fund, and she will also get the opportunity to participate in an expense-paid capacity development workshop overseas.
The first runner-up was Mr. Azuh Chike Emmanuel of Delta State, who received a prize of N1.5 million. The second runner-up was Mr. Adam Abdulquadir Nda of Niger State, who received a prize of N1, 250.000.00.
Additional 10 educators who won state championships received N500,000 each as compensation.
Since its inception, the Maltina Teacher of the Year programme has produced nine grand winners: Rose Nkemdilim Obi of Anambra (2015), Imoh Essien of Akwa Ibom (2016), Felix Ariguzo of Delta State (2017), Olasunkanmi Opeifa of the Federal Capital Territory (2018), Ezem Collins of the United States of America (2019), Oluwabunmi Anani of the United States of America (2020),
Below are the 30 state champions
1. Ogbonna Oluchi Nnebuihe, Abia
2. Gilamdo Yohanna Kwem, Adamawa
3. Ekemini Emmanuel Isok, Akwa Ibom
4. Chinenye Muotoh, Anambra
5. Ngwaksa Musa Haruna, Bauchi
6. Newstyle Samuel, Bayelsa
7. Olgah Hananiya, Borno
8. Njoku Paschal Oluchukwu, Cross River
9. Azuh Chike Emmanuel, Delta
10. Uzomah Ogbonnaya Uzomah, Ebonyi
11. Alabi Victoria Bukola, Ekiti
12. Melvina Kelechi Igboanugo, Enugu
13. Ajibola Temidayo Oluwagbenga FCT.
14. Maryam Muhammad Rabiu, Gombe
15. Attah Daniel Ochonu, Gigawa
16. Abubakar Sani Adam, Kaduna
17. Sussan Uchegbu, Kano State.
18. Usman Yahaya Tama, Katsina
19. Ndikom Douglas Amarachukwu, Kebbi
20. Asabah Sa’adatu Bokah, Kogi
21. Adeola Adefemi Adedunke, Lago
22. Chinedu Remigius Ugwu, Nasarawa
23. Adam Abdulqadir Nda, Niger
24. Nwagbo Nnaemeka Christopher
25. Dr. Olobayo Theophilus Toyin
26. Oyerinde Mary Ayoola, Osun
27. Dinatu Simi Pam, Plateau
28. Amede Collins, Sokoto
29. Julius Sunday Terzulum, Taraba and
30. Saidu Abdullahi, Yobe
With regards to Maltina Teacher of the Year to recognise, celebrate, and reward exceptional teachers in Nigeria, Nigerian Breweries-Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund launched the Maltina Teacher of the Year national competition in 2015.
The Federal Ministry of Education, along with other educational stakeholders such as the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPPS), and Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), promote the Maltina Teacher of the Year.
With a funding capital of 100 million Naira, the Nigerian Breweries-Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund was established in 1994 with the goal of enabling sustained quality education through sector-specific organised intervention.
The Fund has presences at the basic, secondary, and university levels of education in each of Nigeria’s six geographical zones.
