2016 edition of Cowbellpedia, a mathematics quiz competition sponsored by Promasidor Nigeria ended yesterday, October 29. Ayoola Oguntade and Juliet Eko emerged winner of the competition for the Senior and Junior school categories respectively carting home the ultimate cash prize of N1million each. The 1st and 2nd runner ups in each category went home with N750k and N500k respectively
At the event held at the Just Media Studios, Ogba, Lagos state, parents and teachers of the contestants from different schools gathered to witness the grand finale. Among the special guests were the Registrar of National Examination Council, (NECO), Professor Charles Uwakwe, Managing Director, Promasidor Nigeria, Mr. Olivier Thiry,Category Manager, Dairy, Promasidor, Mr. Abiodun Ayodeji, and many others.
The show also afforded teachers of the finalists to compete with their colleagues from other schools.
One of the highlights of the show was when Oluwatunmise Idowu, a 13 year old student of Scholars Universal Secondary School, Ota, Ogun State came up for her special recognition award. Oluwatunmise had earlier won the Cowbellpedia 60 Seconds of Fame online contest through which she beat thousands of others to correctly solve tough mathematics questions in only 60 seconds.
The new overall winner of the 2016 Cowbellpedia, Ayoola and Juliet are both students of The Ambassadors College Ota, Ogun State, a school which has a long history of dominating the competition. The host and quiz master is broadcaster, Oscar Oyinsan.
