The President’s School Debate, Nigeria (PSDN) has recommended the Enugu State Debate Team to represent the country at the World Schools Debate Championship, (WSDC), scheduled for Panama in July 2025.

Conveying the nomination to the Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, the Chairman of the National Advisory Board, PSDN, Usman Muhammad, said the development was due to Team Enugu’s impressive outing at the last debate for secondary schools where they emerged the overall best.

“It is as a result of your State Team’s first position at the National Finals that the state has been nominated to represent Nigeria at the upcoming World Schools Debate Championship, in Panama in July 2025,” Muhammed said in a letter.

“WSDC is the highest international world schools debate congregation for top debaters, globally.”

Meanwhile, the Enugu State contingent, which had emerged victorious in Abuja is made up of Emmanuella Chukwuma of Holy Rosary College, Enugu; Chiamaka Okwuibe of Queen’s School, Enugu; Goodness Chinedu Chiemerie of St. Patrick’s College, Emene, Enugu; and Chibuikem Ukadike of the College of the Immaculate Conception, CIC, Enugu.

The students attributed their victory to Mbah’s huge investment in education, noting that they could not participate in the National Debate Championship for over ten years before the present administration due to a lack of support.

While receiving Team Enugu at the Government House, Enugu, in September, Mbah awarded scholarships up to the university level to the contingent, in addition to cash awards, saying the team’s victory in Abuja showed that his administration’s investment in education was paying off, which is 33 per cent of the state’s N521.5bn 2024 budget, the highest in the entire country.