Date: 2018-01-18

The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) Debate Team has won the maiden edition of the Genesis Debate tournament held at the University of Ghana, Legon.

The competition, which held between January 4 and 7, is an international open tournament with participants drawn from universities in Nigeria, Ghana and Mauritius.

Other institutions that participated included: the University of Ghana, Legon; Covenant University, Ota; the University of Lagos; the Zenith University College, Accra; the Federal University of Technology, Akure; the Islamic University College, Accra; the University of Calabar; Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Accra; Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi; Africa Leadership University, Mauritius and Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike.

The UNILORIN Debate Team was also awarded three of the top 10 speakers' medals, and the Best Female Debater Award.

Members of the Team Unilorin at the tournament were Omotayo Jimoh, Hawau Abikan and David Ejim. Also, a student of UNILORIN, Adekunbi Ademola, served as the Co-Chief Adjudicator of the competition.