… as 3 students emerge winners of AMSAY Speech-Making competition
Nigerian students have been charged to contribute to the development of the Maritime sector at the Annual Maritime Students and Youth Conference (AMSAY) speech making competition organised by Platform Communications in Lagos.
Three students emerged winners at the conference which is at its 9th series
They are: Esther Olanrewaju, Obafemi Awolowo University, Anuoluwa Eliyah Egbetade, Obafemi Awolowo University and Akinpelu Oluwaseun Abdul-Samad, Federal University of Oceanography and Marine Research.
Other students from various maritime institutions of higher learning also won best graduated maritime students awards of excellence in their academic pursuits.
Director General, Nigerian Chamber of Shipping, Vivian Chimezie-Azubuike, in her remarks at the occasion enjoined students to seek skill acquisition in other ancillary areas of maritime instead on concentrating on boarding vessels.
She pointed out that there are other areas of specialisation like digital marketing, soft ware development amongst others which could be explored by students.
The Managing Director/CEO, Platforms Communications, Sylvanus Obasi, said the AMSAY conference goes beyond speech making but youth-centric concession plan programme that converge both young and old, engage them in topical discussions aimed at proferring solutions to critical and contemporary issues.
He noted that it is also a platform that challenges Nigerian marine students to contribute intellectually to development of the sector through participation in Fola Ojutalayo’s annual speech-making competition.
“Indeed AMSAY Conference has given Nigerian maritime students and young maritime professionals a reason to imagine, to dream, to aspire and to hope for a better future”, Obasi declared.