…As Adekola, Samuel Adds To Prize
It is getting really interesting for the prospective winners of the 2025 Fola Ojutalayo’s Annual Maritime Speech-Making Competition, FOAMSC as the lucky winner and the runners up will now win an amount higher than what was originally advertised.
This is because the 2017 Students’ Union Government, SUG President of the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, FCFMT and 2019 Beneficiary of the AMSAY Conference, Adesakin ADEKOLA whose testimonial was recently shared in the social media by the event organisers has chosen to give back to the brand that changed his life six years ago.
This is even as Aremu Temiloluwa Samuel, another mentee of Capt. Dr. Fola Ojutalayo has also donated the sum of one hundred thousand naira (N100,000) to increase the overall cash price of the winner and the runners up in the Speech-Making competition.
ADEKOLA, a former cadet now working onboard a vessel with a multinational shipping company as a Second Officer/Marine Advisor has offered to add extra Fifty Thousand Naira (N50,000) to the Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000) Cash Prize already earmarked for the prospective winner by the sponsor, making a total of N150,000.
In his message to Platform Reporters, promoters of the initiative, ADEKOLA described the benefactor of the Speech-making competition, Capt. Dr. Fola Ojutalayo as a true icon who has immesenly imparted many cadets and young seafarers positively in Nigeria.
“Captain Fola is the main reason for my additional donation and because of his immense contributions in many lives in Nigerian maritime industry.
“I must admit that the man is truely an icon. If I had known before now that he champions things like this speech competition, I would have donated even more. But next year’s edition will be more massive than this”, he promised.
Also on his own, Samuel, a Chief Officer in one of the vessels that Dr. Fola is the Master said the renowned navigator is his mentor. He disclosed that he is supporting the initiative as a good avenue to give back to the Nigerian maritime family.
Reacting to the development, the Publisher of Platform Reporters and Convener of the AMSAY Conference, Mr. Sylvanus Obasi lauded ADEKOLA Adesakin and Samuel Aremu for their kind gestures, saying they have demonstrated a true act of giving back which the AMSAY Conference epitomizes.
He further revealed that whoever emerges winner of the 2025 FOAMSC is likely going to win an amount up to or more than two hundred thousand naira (N200,000) as more people of like minds are likely to donate more cash gifts to the winners at the conference as it has always been the case in previous editions of the competition.
He also hinted on the next stage of the competition, saying, “As submission of written speech entries on the 2025 selected topic ended May 16, successful candidates in this writing stage will now move to the next stage which is the virtual presentation of the written speech to a panel of judges before the best three candidates will be shortlisted to sweat it out in the actual presentation competition live at the 2025 AMSAY Conference slated for May 27, 2025 in Lagos”, Obasi noted.
Recall that the Fola Ojutalayo’s Annual Speech-Making Competition was conceived and integrated into the Annual Maritime Students and Youth, AMSAY Conference since 2022 with the sole aim of scouting and grooming young eloquent speakers on maritime topics.
The initiative is inspired by Capt. Dr. Fola Ojutalayo, a successful navigator, marine consultant and eloquent speaker. The topic for the 2025 FOAMSC is titled, “The Benefits of Changing Nigerian INCOTERMS from Free On Board, FOB to Cost, Insurance and Freight, CIF.”
With the added donations to the original cash price, the Winner of the competition will now get the sum of one hundred and ninety thousand naira (N190,000) cash prize whereas the First and Second Runners Up will get eighty thousand naira (N80,000) and fifty-five thousand naira (N55,000) respectively.
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