Academics Stand against poverty (ASAP) WEST AFRICA is set to introduce its inaugural essay competition for undergraduate students, named BANDELE OLANREWAJU ESSAY COMPETITION.

The competition seeks to improve the reading culture of students, as well as assess their writing and analytical skills.

The essay competition will hold annually and is open to all undergraduate students in West Africa. The topic for this year's competition is "The eradication of poverty: a key factor in achieving social justice. Discuss". Essay can be written in English and French languages.

Entries will open on 24 July 2017 and close on 10 November 2017. The winner will be announced on 29 December 2017. Apart from receiving a cash prize of N100,000, the winner of the competition will have the opportunity to present the essay at 2018 ASAP WEST Africa Conference.

To participate, students should submit an essay of not more than 3,000 words as well as a short profile of not more than 150 words. The profile should include their names, courses and their year of study. The essay as well as the profile should be submitted to academics@asapwestafrica.org. Students that submit more than one entry will be disqualified.

For more information on ASAP WEST AFRICA, visit https://www.asapwestafrica.org