By Edith Igbokwe
Faith Point School, Egbe-Idimu Local Council Development Area (LCDA) has emerged third at the national finals of the Nigerian Stockholm Junior Water Prize.
Adesanmi Rachel and Owolabi Oyindamola represented the school with a project on ‘Recycling Fishing Water’ at the national finals and award ceremony held at the Embassy of Sweden, Abuja.
About 60 entries were received from different schools across the country and only seven made it to the final.
A project by two students of Wesley Girls Senior Secondary School, Yaba, Lagos won the year’s junior water prize at the Nigerian Stockholm competition.
The winning project ‘Bithermal Water Distillation Device’ presented by Abdulsalam Omotunde and Korole Elizabeth Boluwatife uses readily available solar energy in the tropics to purify water.
The project was adjudged the best by the jury due to the ability to make potable water available to all and because it is cost-effective, economically viable, practicable, and scalable.
Noble International Secondary School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State ranked second at the national finals.
Commenting on the competition, the Sweden Ambassador to Nigeria, Hahn-Englund reiterated the embassy’s commitment to supporting laudable projects in Nigeria.
She noted that Nigeria has been participating in the international competition since 2018.
Hahn-Englund said the Swedish government through Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) focuses on a range of research and development topics within and around water that support decision-makers globally.
