On 25th October, 2014 the fourth anniversary of the Great Minds, an annual inter-secondary school event was celebrated.
Great Minds is the brainchild of Readers’ Forum, an organisation with the vision of building a reading culture on the African continent. The modus operandi of Readers’ Forum is to create libraries in secondary schools, thereby giving students access to motivational and life-building books, and holding meetings with the students where the books they have read are reviewed. Currently, Readers’ Forum is in six (6) schools in Lagos State and one (1) in Oyo State.
The 4th edition of the Great Minds, tagged The Great Minds 4, had in attendance over 100 teenagers from six (6) schools: Holy Saviour’s College, Isolo; Isolo Junior High School; QS-Daystar College, Igando; Great Ecstasy College, Iyanapaja; SMA College, Jakande Estate, Isolo and Access Universal College, Shasha, Lagos.
The programme featured different talk sessions led by various speakers including Oluwafemi-Impact, founder, Readers’ Forum; Mrs. Sanni Gbonjubola, author of ABC of Financial Intelligence for Kids and Mr. Rotimi Eyitayo, CEO Team Masters Limited.
During his session, Oluwafemi-Impact engaged some teenagers on their career ambition with a view to helping them have a clearer picture of what they hope to do in life. Mrs. Gbonjubola, who gave a talk on financial intelligence, encouraged the teenagers to make and save money even in their teenage years. In her words, “It is not necessary that we purchase all that we need at the moment, else it will be impossible to save money for the future”. Mr. Rotimi Eyitayo also added glamour to the event through his talk in which he encouraged the teenagers to reach for greatness. Afterward, he gave cash awards to two students.
Other activities that took place at the event included poem recitation, singing, dancing, comedy, talent and essay competitions and presentations of awards and certificate of participation.
The Great Minds 4 was supported by:
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- Royal Media Photography – 08066797639
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