The quiz competition will be launched on September 21 The organizers of the popular Nana Sir Ofori Atta I National Energy Quiz programme, Eastern Star Awards, have slated the launch of the third edition of the event for Monday, September 21, 2020.
The event to be launched under the theme, "Achieving SDG 7 and 13 –Think Energy, Act Global, Start Local” will officially mark the beginning of the 2020 edition of the quiz is expected to attract various personalities in the energy and power sector.
Agbogbomefia of the Anlo State and president of the national house of chiefs, togbe afede will chair the event with other guests including the Director-General Of The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, Prof Amin Alhassan as well as Director of Marketing at GBC, Tony Osei-Amoateng also expected to grace the occasion.
This year’s national energy quiz will begin on 4th October with the grande final slated for 20th December.
A three day exhibition of energy technology and companies will be held as part of the grand finale of the national energy quiz with the best energy concept winning a prize of three thousand US dollars and two thousand dollars for the best female concept, all donated by the Director General of GBC.
Energy companies are also invited to register and participate.
Chief Executive Officer of Eastern Star Awards, Mr. Humphrey Tetteh explained in an interview that a two day summit for heads of schools and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) coordinators on SDG 7 and 13 and the role of mentoring to achieve energy conservation and efficiency, will also be held as part of the event.
Culture remains one of the key elements of the quiz and the CEO explained that this has become imperative to address the environmental degradation that occurs, most especially on the country’s energy resources when people lose their cultural and religious sensitivities.
According to Mr. Tetteh, the most realistic approach to meeting the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is through restoring our cultural identity as a country.
“If we restore our cultural identity, most of our targets on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as poverty, hunger, gender and sanitation and climate change which are more of a reflection of the breakdown of our cultural values and attack on our common human consciousness, will be immediately met,” he said.
The National Energy Quiz is not just an educational program but offers corrective measures for an educational defect that […]
