Students of Graceland International School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State have won the 2025 National Mathematics Tournament.
The students; Agbo Adoga and Elvis Ekwelem outclassed Tamunodumotein Sekibo and Jana Esosa of Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja, 27-6 to emerge winner.
For their feat, Adoga and Okechukwu won N3m from which they will take home one million each and the remaining would be shared between their school and Mathematics teachers.
The first runner up, Loyola Jesuit College Abuja received N2m while Austica Memorial College, Anambra State, in third position, won N1m.
Eight schools across seven states made the final.
The schools are from Lagos, Edo, Ogun, Abuja, Rivers, Kaduna and Anambra.
In an interview with newsmen, the President of Maths4lLife, Mr Omoniyi Osuntuyi, pointed out that the 2025 edition coincided with the 10th anniversary of the foundation.
He stressed that over N100m has been spent to organise the tournament for the last 10 years.
“It has been helping them in the last decade. As we already said, over N100m has been given in the last decade to students. Over 10,000 artisans have also been trained.
“Students who are having challenges in mathematics too, we also lecture, and tutor them, allowing them to know that mathematics.
“Though some people say it’s hard, we’re trying to bring it down to their level so that they can understand how to solve equations and give solutions to mathematical problems,” he said.
He said the increased prize reward of N6m at the just concluded edition aimed to motivate the participants, expressing optimism for increased prize money next year.
“This is the first time we are giving a cash sum of N6m, which means we have already topped what we have been giving to students. Next year, we are expecting bigger things,” he said.
One of the representatives of Graceland International School, Agoda expressed joy, attributing the success to his commitment to nocturnal daily reading, parental and school support.
“I study maths almost every night daily. I also get full support from my parents and teacher,” he said.
