A student of Oriwu College, Ikorodu Lagos, Abdulsalam Bada has emerged overall winner of the Atinuke Cancer Foundation Inter-school/Inter-state Essay Competition.
The competition, aimed at improving knowledge about cancer and access to health care, also had Success Oloyede of Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta, Ogun State, as first runner-up and Destiny Orako of Eva Adelaja Girls School, Bariga, Lagos State, as second runner-up.
Eight schools competed in the essay writing competition on the topic, ‘Knowledge conquers cancer, let’s close the care gap,’ and the three students emerged winners after writing the essay on the morning of June 23, 2023.
Bada received a sum of N500,000 while the two other winners got an Android phone and a video/photo camera, respectively.
The Founder/CEO, Atinuke Cancer Foundation, Mrs Tinu Lawal, who was also a cancer survivor ,said, “Knowledge, in this context, is moving from the dark days of fear and terror upon receiving a cancer diagnosis to a future of certainty.
“We started last year and we decided to bring the message to the youths because cancer is a scourge that respects no one.
