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GENERATION OF INTEGRITY ESSAY COMPETITION 2025

Application Deadline: 31st August 2025

LOCATION: Nigeria

Are you a Nigerian student with a passion for change? Can your voice shape policies on youth and cybercrime? The Generation of Integrity Essay Competition 2025, organized by MUN Impact Nigeria, invites Nigerian students passionate about change to write essays on anti-corruption and cybercrime. The winning essays will receive national recognition, cash prizes, and inclusion in a Youth Policy Brief for the 11th Conference of the States Parties (CoSP11).

ELIGIBILITY:

Nigerian students (14–30) in secondary schools, universities, polytechnics, or colleges of education.

Word Count: 1,000–1,500 words

Essays generated wholly or in part using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Bard, Copy.ai, etc.) will be automatically disqualified.

Submissions will be screened using AI-detection software, and any entry found to contain significant AI-generated content will be rejected without exception.

By submitting your essay, you confirm that:

The work is entirely your own

No part of it was written using AI or automated writing tools.

Write on either of the themes:

Reclaiming Cyberspace: Policies and Programs Youth Want to See in the Fight Against Cybercrime (Tertiary Level)

If I Were the President: My Anti-Corruption Blueprint for Nigeria. (Secondary Level)

BENEFIT:

Prizes: Cash awards of N200,000, national recognition, and your ideas featured in a Youth Policy Brief for CoSP11!

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CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 2025 ANNUAL ESSAY COMPETITION

Application Deadline: August 29, 2025

LOCATION: Nigeria

The Chartered Institute of Personnel Management is inviting Nigerian undergraduates for its 2025 annual essay competition. The theme of this year’s competition is on Employee mental health and wellness: The role of HR in creating a resilient and supportive workplace 

ELIGIBILITY:

Open to undergraduate student in any Nigerian university, polytechnic, or college of education

Past winners are not allowed to apply again

To join the competition, write an essay on the given topic. Here is the guideline it should follow: 

Length: Must not go over 3,000 words

Style: APA (6th Edition)

Font: Times New Roman, size 12

Spacing: Double line spacing

Format: Only Microsoft Word format is accepted

Originality: No copying. If you plagiarise, you’ll be disqualified

Submit all Documents as one word file to this e-mail: essaycompetition@cipmnigeria.org

BENEFIT:

First prize: N300,000 + 2 HR books

Second prize: N250,000 + 2 HR books

Third prize: N200,000 + 2 HR books

Plus benefits:

A paid trip to the CIPM 2025 International Conference and Exhibition in Abuja

Free student membership with CIPM (if you’re not already a member)

A chance to meet and connect with HR experts in Nigeria

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