For John Sunday Peter, one of the grand finale winners of the
online talent hunt, GLOIN60ECONDS organised by the
grandmasters of data, Globacom, the cash prize of N200, 000 is a welcome
solution to his accommodation problems as he intends to pay for his desired
apartment in Lekki area of Lagos State.
Peter, who won N200, 000 alongside four others and the winner of
the star prize of N1million, enthused that “I will use the prize money to
get accommodation in Lakowe, in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos where I stay and promote my
music career. I have been sourcing for funds and Glo has provided it at the right
time.”
The excitement was palpable on Tuesday March 26th, 2019 at the
Mike Adenuga Towers’ headquarters of national telecommunications company,
Globacom, as the six grand finale winners of its online talent hunt
competition, received their prizes.
The winners, among whom was 29-year-old Ejembi Simon Inass, an
actor and musician from Benue State who won the grand prize of N1 million, had emerged
from thousands of Glo subscribers that participated in the eight-week contest
In addition to him, five others, who won the consolation prize
of N200,000 each, included Nwogwugwu Brainie, a Law graduate of Nnamdi Azikwe
University, Awka, who currently manages 'Jimmy's Play House', a dance,
photo and music studio in Owerri, Imo State and Doyin Hafeezah Salau, a 400-Level
female Law student of the University of Lagos who hails from Kwara State.
Others are 23-year-old Biochemistry graduate of Michael
Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State, Emeh Emmanuel
Okwun; 17-year-old Ehimare Aaleeyah Shaka, an aspiring music star from
Edo State and John Sunday Peter, a graduate of Apa College of Education,
Benue State.
The lucky winners thronged the venue of the presentation
ceremony with their friends and relatives as early as 9am, bursting with
vivacious enthusiasm, to claim their prize monies.
Receiving his N1million star prize, Ejembi, in an emotion-laden
voice, thanked Globacom for providing the platform for him to win one million
naira with his musical skit titled "Grandmaster". He said “I am
grateful to God, my friends and family. I will go on tour to promote talents in
my area and also take relief materials to an orphanage. I will pay tithe and
use part of the money to promote my radio and television shows. I am very
grateful to God and to Glo”.
Also commenting, Doyin Hafeezah Salau who won N200, 000
consolation prize said, “I have saved the N50, 000 which I won during the
weekly shows and will add it to this N200,000 to buy video recording camera for
my skit productions. Glo has really helped me and I am very happy that my
career is taking shape”.
This was just as ecstatic Ehimare Aaleeyah, who was accompanied
by her parents enthused: "I feel blessed to be so recognised. I will use
the money to pay my siblings' tuition fees". Another winner, 27 year-old
Nwogwugwu Brainie said, "I am very happy, very excited. I feel indebted to
Glo. I am a lawyer and a politician. I am the Imo State Chairman, National
Interest Party. I will use my money to organise a talent hunt progrramme for
youths in my community".
In his opening remarks, Globacom’s Regional Manager, Lagos and
Ogun, Mr. Olufolahan Faseyitan, said that the, GLOIN60SECONDS competition was
one of the company’s numerous customer appreciation offers conceived to engage
and showcase budding talents as well as reward young creative people in
Nigeria’s social media space.
He assured that Globacom would continue to introduce more
value-adding and life-enhancing products and services designed to enrich the
lifestyle of its subscribers and their experience on the network.
Under the challenge which was held for eight weeks, subscribers
followed Glo on any of the company’s social media pages: @Globacomlimited on
Instagram, @Gloworld on Twitter and Gloworld on Facebook, registered online and
uploaded their videos.
In the build–up to the grand finale, Globacom had presented cash
prizes of N50,000 each to 52 other lucky winners, right from week one to week
eight in different cities across the country.
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