NHEF Scholarship Essay Competition – Win Big In The NHEF Scholarship Essay Competition 2025
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The Nigeria Higher Education Foundation (NHEF) has announced its 9th Annual Scholarship Essay Competition, which encourages critical thinking among university students on topical socio-economic issues relevant to Nigeria’s sustainable growth and development.
Given the nation’s current financial and economic situation, the competition this year focuses on “The CBN Naira redesign policy and its effect on the Nigerian economy & the consequence of increased brain drain on the economy.”
NHEF Scholarship Essay Competition Theme And Topics
The 2025 NHEF Essay Competition focuses on “The CBN Naira redesign policy and its effect on the Nigerian economy & the consequence of increased brain drain on the economy”. Participants can choose between the two essay topics:
1. Leading to the recent currency redesign policy, the Central Bank of Nigeria reported that about 84.71% of the N3.23 trillion currency in circulation was outside the banking system.
A situation described to be a risk to its currency management responsibility. Using relevant examples, critically analyze the pros & cons of the monetary policy implementation and provide recommendations to the CBN for future policy implementation based on the consequent challenges experienced nationwide.
2. Article 13, section 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, “Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country”. This statement agrees with the Nigerian constitution on the Right to Freedom of Movement.
However, a significant increase in brain drain can be classified as an anomaly for any economy. Critically analyze the factors causing human capital flight in Nigeria and recommend relevant solutions to safeguard the country’s economic growth and development.
NHEF Scholarship Essay Competition Prizes
- The Grand Prize winner will receive ₦100,000, a new laptop, 1 online certificate course*, a 1-year internet subscription**, and 1 year of university tuition.
- The First Runner-up will receive ₦75,000, a 1-year internet subscription**, and 1 year of university tuition.
- The Second Runner-up will receive ₦50,000, a 1-year internet subscription**, and 1 year of university tuition.
*The online certificate course may not exceed $100 on Udemy, Coursera, Alison or EDX.
**1-year internet subscription estimated at 24Gb on the winner’s preferred mobile network.
NHEF Scholarship Essay Competition Eligibility
Only students enrolled in one of the NHEF Partner Universities, such as Ahmadu Bello University, Bayero University, Kano, Kwara State University, University of Ibadan, University of Lagos, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, or the University of Port Harcourt, are eligible to enter the competition.
NHEF will confirm each contestant’s enrollment with the university registrar. This competition is not open to previous NHEF Essay Competition & Scholars Program winners.
NHEF Scholarship Essay Competition Criteria For Submission
The guidelines for essay submission are as follows:
- The essay should reflect the author’s ability to explore and discuss ideas/ethical concepts and demonstrate the conduct of research with a sufficiently detailed summary.
- Only one entry may be submitted per student.
- The essay’s components are the title page, bibliography, and a scanned copy of the applicant’s current student ID.
- The student’s name, university, and registration ID# must appear in the header of each page.
- The essay must not exceed 2000 words.
- With the exception of the bibliography and title page, it must be double-spaced, in Times New Roman 12pt, and contain numbered pages with one-inch margins.
- References in the essay should be included and clearly identified.
Hot To Submit Entries For NHEF Scholarship Essay Competition
The format for essay submission is as follows:
- 2023 NHEF Essay Competition – Name of Applicant, for instance, 2023 NHEF Essay Competition – Adekunle Ciroma Ahmed, should be the document naming convention.
- Entries must be submitted in PDF format.
- All entries must be submitted via the NHEF Application Portal (https://portal.thenhef.org/) by 11:59 p.m. (WAT) on April 7, 2023.
- Students are urged to refrain from plagiarizing because essays will be examined for intellectual integrity and compared to artificial intelligence (AI) content, such as ChatGPT.