{"id":346826,"date":"2025-08-18T01:02:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T00:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=346826"},"modified":"2025-08-17T18:14:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T17:14:43","slug":"delta-rewards-5-world-debate-champions-with-n20m-each","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=346826","title":{"rendered":"Delta Rewards 5 World Debate Champions with N20m Each"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, on Thursday rewarded each member of the five-man Delta contingent that won the 2025 World Basic Schools Debate Championship in Doha, Qatar, with a cash prize of N20 million.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Governor also extended the same N20 million reward to the team\u2019s handlers, describing their victory as a proud moment for the state and a testament to his administration\u2019s commitment to educational excellence.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Receiving the champions, their parents, and officials at Government House, Asaba, Governor Oborevwori praised the students for bringing global honour to Delta State and Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He decorated them with their medals and received the championship trophy from the National Coordinator President&#8217;s Schools Debate Nigeria, Elder Dare Oritu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cDelta State is known not only for oil production and talents in comedy, music, and sports, but also for its brilliance in education.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I believe this gesture will encourage our youths to be diligent and excel in their studies&#8221;, the Governor said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Oborevwori commended the parents, coach, and handlers of the team for their contributions to the victory, adding that education is the most valuable legacy\u00a0 parents can give to their children.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He urged other students to emulate the hard work, discipline, and focus of the champions, noting that such virtues could help reduce crime in society.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Introducing the winners, Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Hon. Samuel Mariere, thanked the Governor for his unwavering support for the education sector.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He recalled the Governor\u2019s prayers for the team before their departure and commended him for being the first to pay the 2025 counterpart funding for UBEC-SUBEB projects.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking on behalf of the champions, Splendour Ikhamateh of Government Model Secondary School, Asaba, recounted how they debated global issues such as climate change, youth empowerment, and responsible technology use.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She said they overcame initial doubts by drawing strength from what she called \u201cthe spirit of Delta\u201d the courage to excel and represent every basic school student in the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By; Albert Ograka, Asaba<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, on Thursday rewarded each member of the five-man Delta contingent that won the 2025 World Basic Schools Debate Championship in Doha, Qatar, with a cash prize of N20 million. The Governor also extended the same N20 million reward to the team\u2019s handlers, describing their victory as a proud [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":346866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-346826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-niger-delta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=346826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346876,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346826\/revisions\/346876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/346866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=346826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=346826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=346826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}