Gombe State Qualifiers -2021

It was a display of spelling prowess as spellers across the “Jewel of the Savannah” converged at Gombe for the Gombe State Qualifiers of the Nigeria Spelling Bee.

National Champions stand to win a One Million Naira or Five Hundred Thousand Naira Scholarship for the Senior and Junior categories respectively among other prizes.

The best National Finals spellers also get to represent Nigeria at the African Spelling Bee championship.

The competition consisted of the written test and oral rounds.

At the end of the rounds, these spellers emerged to represent Gombe State at the North-East regional competition, where they will contest alongside their counterparts from Yobe, Borno, Adamawa, Taraba and Bauchi States for a slot in the National Finals.

JUNIORS

• Aisha Mahmoud of Yahaya Ahmed Model Schools
• Aisha Mohammed of Matrix International Academy
• Aisha Muhammad Manga of Nurul Huda International Academy
• Aisha Nasir of Matrix International Academy
• Dominic Adejoh of Matrix International Academy
• Emmanuella Jones of Yahaya Ahmed Model Schools
• Hauwa Abdu-Hamid of Matric International Academy
• Muhammad Boyi of Matrix International Academy
• Muhammad Kabir S.S of Matrix International Academy
• Suleiman B Samson of Evangel College Gombe

SENIOR

• Barka Ishaku Abbas of Federal Government College, Billiri
• Emmanuel Jones of Yahaya Ahmed Model Schools
• Farida Bala of Matrix International Academy
• Fateemah Taji of Matrix International Academy
• Fatima Modubaba of Matrix International Academy
• Nebath Nehemiah of Federal Government College Billiri
• Shittu Shuaibu of Yahaya Ahmed Model Schools
• Zulkifiu Garba of Matrix International Academy

We wish to thank our host, Matrix International Academy for hosting the state qualifiers.

Our appreciation also goes to all hardworking coaches and their respective schools for their efforts in building literary giants.