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), ImohEssien from AkwaIbom State (2016) and Felix
Ariguzo from Delta State (2017) and the current champion
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