ESSAY CONTEST FOR UNDERGRADUATES

The Nation , Nigeria , in collaboration with African Liberty Organisation for Development (ALOD ) and

Network for a Free Society (NFS ), is calling for entries into the 2015 essay competition.

Details are as follows :

Topic : Government regulations and controls are the biggest threat to jobs in Africa today.

Participants must discuss the topic using contemporary examples .

Qualification : Participant must be a student in any tertiary institutions ( university, polytechnic , college of education and technical schools ) in all African countries . The format of the text should be in Microsoft Word and not more than 1500 words .

Interested student can visit:
 www.networkforafreesociety.org for useful background materials on the theme of this contest . Be informed that no participant is allowed to lift materials directly from works of any author and claim to be his / her own . Plagiarism automatically disqualifies any entry , which contains work of another author . If any text or sentence is copied from another author ’ s work, it must be shown in quotation marks and writer must credit the original author at the bottom of the paper .

On the first page of the completed essay , participant must write his / her full names , department , and year of study and name of institution. Also include your email address and functional mobile phone number.

All entries should be sent to: adedayo.thomas@gmail.com

Entries will be received between March 26 and June 26 , 2015 . Late entries will not be accepted . Winners will be announced on July 29 ,2015 .

PRIZES
1 st - George Ayittey ( Platinum Prize) : $ 1 ,000 and scholarship to the 2015 Liberty Camp in Kenya from August 5 - 9 , 2015 OR Students and Young Professional African Liberty Academy ( SYPALA ) in Ghana from August 19 - 23 , 2015

2 nd - Anthony Fisher (Gold Prize): $ 700 and scholarship to the 2015 Liberty Camp in Kenya from August 5 - 9 , 2015 OR Students and Young Professional African Liberty Academy ( SYPALA ) in Ghana from August 19 - 23 , 2015

3 rd - Franklin Cudjoe ( Silver Prize) :$ 500 and scholarship to the 2015 Liberty Camp in Kenya from August 5 - 9 , 2015 OR Students and Young Professional African Liberty Academy ( SYPALA ) in Ghana from August 19 - 23 , 2015

4 th- The Nation CAMPUSLIFE ( Media Bronze Prize) : $ 300 and scholarship to the 2015 Liberty Camp in Kenya from August 5 - 9 , 2015 OR Students and Young Professional African Liberty Academy    ( SYPALA ) in Ghana from August 19 - 23 , 2015

Consolation prize of $ 50 each will also be given to 8 participants.

Source:   The Nation 

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