The top four winners of the inaugural edition of the PZ Cussons Chemistry Challenge have begun their three-month internship with the company.
Emmanuel Ejiogu Onyekachi of Miketoy College, Ikotun, Lagos State, who won the inaugural edition of the competition last year, said he has learnt a lot as an intern.
“I feel so much joy in my heart. I have confidence in myself and proud to be here because what I have been taught within this short span cannot be quantified. This training has geared me not just participate in similar competitions but to win them as well as be a first class student at the university,” said Onyekachi, who now wants to become a Chemical Engineer.
Second runner-up in the competition, Mgbemena Thank God of Leeland International College, Oregun-Ikeja, is also having a time of his life improving his understanding of what he was taught in school.
“I just have to thank God I am part of this success story and likewise express my profound gratitude to PZ Cussons for having such a wonderful initiative to encourage young scholars to understand the basis of what they are being taught in the classrooms and put them into good practice,” he said.
The other two interns are Obi Uchenna David of Barachel College, Ifako-Agege (first runner-up); and Victor Ike-Okoro of Top Grade Secondary School, Surulere (third runner-up).
The quartet completed their secondary education this month.
Pieter Stroek, Head of Research, Development and Innovation at PZ, said during the training, the interns would work on several projects.
Mrs Yomi Ifaturoti, Corporate Affairs Director of PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc, said the internship is in line with the overall objective of the competition to deepen their understanding of the subject.
“When they go back to school, they can fall back on what they had learnt during their practical training,” she further said.
This year’s edition has been renamed the Premier Chemistry Challenge, after the Premier Toilet bar, a brand of PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc. It is open to SS2 and SS3 public and private school pupils in Lagos.
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