FAITH Point Schools, Idimu, in the Egbe-Idimu LCDA of Alimosho LGA has emerged third at this year's Nigerian Stockholm Junior Water prize.
About 60 entries were received from different schools across the country and only seven made it to the final.
Adesanmi Rachel and Owolabi Oyindamola of Faith Point School presented a project on ‘Recycling Fishing Water.’
A project by two students of Wesley Girls Senior Secondary School, Yaba, Lagos won this year’s Nigerian Stockholm junior water prize.
The winning project ‘Bithermal Water Distillation Device’ presented by Abdulsalam Omotunde and Korole Elizabeth Boluwatife uses readily available solar energy in the tropics to purify water. The project was adjudged the best by the jury due to the ability to make potable water available to all and because it is cost-effective, economically viable, practicable, and scalable.
Noble International Secondary School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State ranked second at the national finals and award ceremony held at the Embassy of Sweden, Abuja.
Guardian reports that earlier, the Ambassador of Sweden to Nigeria, Annika Hahn-Englund recalled the origin of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize and how Nigeria has participated in the international competition since 2018.
She reiterated the embassy’s commitment to support laudable projects in Nigeria.
Hahn-Englund said the Swedish government through Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) focuses on a range of research and development topics within and around water that support decision-makers globally.
