Kwara pupils win presidential college debate for fifth consecutive time

Pupils of the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) have emerged general winners of the 2026 Presidential School Debate Championship, defeating Team Lagos by 5 factors to at least one within the remaining held in Abuja on Thursday.

The victory marks the fifth consecutive time Kwara pupils have received the nationwide competitors, organised by the Federal Ministry of Education for public major college pupils throughout the nation.

The 66th version of the championship featured groups from totally different states, with Kwara outperforming their counterparts from Edo, Delta, Katsina, Niger and Lagos in the course of the numerous levels of the competition.

Team Kwara comprised Halimoh Abdulazeez from Ilorin West Local Government Area, Khadija Kazeem from Offa, Omolola Ibrahim from Moro and Samaila Daniel from Ilorin East.

Presenting the trophy and a money prize of N500,000 to the winners, the Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Aisha Garba, congratulated the pupils for his or her excellent efficiency.

Garba additionally recommended President Bola Tinubu for supporting the nationwide debate competitors, describing it as an initiative geared toward selling instructional excellence and growing the mental skills of schoolchildren.

Adaramaja attributes victory to training funding

Reacting to the achievement, Chairman of KWSUBEB, Prof. Shehu Raheem Adaramaja, stated the victory mirrored the affect of the Kwara State Government’s funding in human capital growth and training reforms.

He described the feat as one other milestone for the state, including that it demonstrated the rising capability of public colleges in Kwara to advertise tutorial excellence and mental growth.

“This feat is a clear indication that the heavy investments by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in the education sector have continued to yield results,” he stated.

Adaramaja congratulated the pupils, academics and fogeys, whose collective efforts, he stated, contributed to the achievement.

He additionally thanked Governor AbdulRazaq for his continued assist for the board and sustained funding in training reforms.

The SUBEB chairman additional highlighted the state authorities’s dedication to academics’ welfare by way of immediate fee of salaries and common promotions, saying the measures and different incentives had helped encourage academics and enhance studying outcomes.

In a associated growth, Adaramaja was honoured with an award because the Best SUBEB Chairman in Nigeria.

The assertion was signed by Atere Abiola Ameenat, Press Secretary, Kwara SUBEB, on November 5, 2026.