A 22-year old law student of University of Lagos, Miss
Temitope Oyedija; has emerged the overall winner in this year’s Onga National Campus Cooking
Competition thereby winning the star prize of 2014 KIA Rio full option.
With the Okro Soup and Garri she
prepared at the Grand Finale of the competition held at the Indoor Sports Hall
of the university, Oyedija dazzled other regional winners who represented 13
other universities in the country.
Kachi Onubogu, Executive
Director, Commercial, Promasidor Nigeria Limited, sponsors of the competition;
who made the announcement said cooking is a universal art done in every part of
the world. Based on this, he said Promasidor’s target is to make the
competition premium amongst the youth in Nigeria.
Onubogu stated that as a national
competition, the cooking contest launched in August 2014 was activated in 14
campuses spread across the country such that many willing students could gain
access to participate.
Overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of
all participants in the competition, the Commercial Director advised all the
finalists to see themselves as winners. His words: “We are proud to have all of
you here today. See yourself as a winner whether or not you clinch the star
prize. As long as you are one of the 14 contestants here today, you are a
winner. You will go home with a prize.”
Dazed by the final result of the
annual event, Oyedija
disclosed that when the competition started, she was confused over where to
start her cooking from. “I later after some minutes got my bearing back,” she
stated. On who inspired her cooking skills, she said it was God who created
her; who has endowed her with the culinary skills. As a result, she said she
would dedicate the prize she won to God first, and then to her mother.
Satisfied
with the competition, Edna Obi, Senior Category Manager, Promasidor explained
that the event achieved its objectives which include giving students across select
campuses the opportunity to sharpen their culinary skills; enlighten the public
on the wide variety of dishes enjoyed by different cultures across the country;
and create an emotional bond between the brand’s target audience and the Onga
Seasoning through active engagement and one-on-one interaction.
She
assured that Promasidor will not relent in embracing any laudable idea that
will contribute to the development of its target audience and the society at
large.
Other
contestants present at the Grand Finale include the first runner up, Isaac
Uzoenyi, a student of Abia State University; Jessica Egbenwonu, a student of
Faculty of Technology, University of Ibadan; Miss Arafat Azeez, student of Environmental Resources
Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB); and
Christopher Xyztus, student of School of Natural and Applied Science, Federal
University of Technology, Minna.
