Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay Competition 2025 5th Edition | Deadline: December 6, 2024

The 5th edition of Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay Competition 2025 is currently open for submission between November 6 and December 6, 2024.

The 5th Edition of Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay Competition 2025 (JAME)

The 5th edition of Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay Competition is currently open for submission between November 6 and December 6, 2024.

Interested applicants for the Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay Competition are required to carefully read the submission guidelines.

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About Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay Competition 

The Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay Competition is an annual essay competition open to tertiary institutions applicants. According to the organizers of the essay competition, the competition is an essay competition centered on a topical mental health issue, organized annually by the Asido Foundation for undergraduate students of Nigerian tertiary institutions in memory of Miss Jemila Abubakar, the organization’s pioneer program manager, who passed away in July 2020 after a brief illness.

She lived an exemplary life of service to humanity, having suffered a tragic accident during her NYSC year which subsequently confined her to a wheelchair. 

The essay competition is intended to immortalise her. The competition supports one of the core values of Asido Foundation, Youth Mental Health, and is intended to improve Nigerian youths’ mental health awareness and knowledge, as well as empower them to become mental health advocates via a year-long mentorship program for the top fifteen winners.

Since its inception, about two thousand five hundred (2500) entries have been received from various tertiary institutions across all thirty-six (36) Nigerian states, and winners awarded cash prizes. All winners were presented with award plaques and selected for a mental health fellowship. Specifically, the overall winner received an award of ₦200,000, the second position, ₦150,000 and the third position, ₦100,000 only.

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Theme for Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay Competition 2025

Bridging the gap: Innovative solutions for mental health support in African tertiary institutions 

Prizes for Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay Competition 2025

First Prize: 200,000 Naira 

Second Prize: 150,000 Naira

Third Prize: 100,000 Naira

Eligibility Criteria for Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay Competition 2025

1. Applicants should be an undergraduate in any Nigerian tertiary institution 
2. Applicants must be able to provide proof of studentship
3. Applicants must sign the Asido Foundation's Unashamed pledge (asidofoundation.com/unashamed)

Instructions

1. The essay word count should range from a minimum of 750 and a maximum of 1000 words
2. The essay should be in the Microsoft Word Doc format
3. You are required to upload a scanned copy of a recent photograph, proof of studentship and a certificate of your unashamed pledge.
4. Submitting an AI-generated essay and plagiarism in ANY FORM will lead to automatic disqualification 

Deadline 

Application opens 6thNovember and closes 6th December, 2024 (11:59pm)

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