Nigerian secondary school student emerges second in global writing competition

Oluwatoni Adesanya, a student of Greensprings School in Lagos has won the second prize in the Kemper Human Rights Education Foundation’s (KHREF) essay competition.

The international competition received about 100 entries from 17 different countries. However, Adesanya’s essay titled: “Human rights violations masquerading as COVID-19 interventions: The Nigerian experience”, was ajuged second best, and awarded a $500 runner-up prize.

Speaking about her win, and her experience writing the essay, she said:

“This win came as a surprise to me because it was a bit difficult to write the essay at first. My inspiration came from the problems that surfaced in Nigeria during the pandemic and the looting of palliatives donated by the private sector.”

Adesanya also expressed her gratitude to all her English teachers whose teachings she said helped her to develop her composition skills.