The winner of the maiden edition of the Maltina Teacher-of-the-Year award
will be announced on Monday, 12
th
October, 2015, at a grand ceremony in
Lagos. The overall winner of the award will emerge from the ten 'nalists that
were screened by the panel of judges last week.
The ten, who slugged it out at the 'nal lap, were winners from Akwa Ibom,
Anambra, Benue, Borno, Delta, Ebonyi, Imo, Lagos, Ogun and Oyo States.
The national winner will get one million naira and another one million naira
to be paid into his account annually for 've years. The runner-up will take
seven hundred and 'fty naira, while the school that produces the national
winner will also become a bene'ciary of infrastructural development and
projects worth twenty 've million naira.
The Panel of Judges comprising eminent Nigerian academics and
professionals, was chaired by Prof. Pat Utomi, Founder/CEO, Centre for Values
in Leadership. Others include: Mrs. Mopelola O. Omoegun, Professor of
Education, University of Lagos; Prof. Thomas I. Ofuya, Vice Chancellor,
Wellspring University and Member, Committee of Vice Chancellors of
Nigerian Universities; as well as Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, Chairman, Editorial
Board, ThisDay Newspapers. Other members are: Dr. (Mrs.) Abdulrahman
Binta Fatima, National President, All-Nigeria Confederation of Principals of
Secondary Schools; and Professor Tijjani Abubakar, Dean, Faculty of
Education, Ahmadu Bello University.
The race for Maltina Teacher-of-The-Year started on Wednesday, 20
th
May,
2015 and generated unprecedented interest from teachers across the
country. The award instituted by Maltina, the non-alcoholic malt brand from
the staple of Nigerian Breweries Plc, is courtesy of Felix Ohiwerei Education
