Caption - Notre Dame College, Ozoro, Delta State, overall winner of the NNPC E & P Limited (NEPL)/Seplat Energy Joint Venture (JV) 2026 PEARLs Quiz pose with officials of Seplat Energy Plc, Samson Ezugworie, COO Seplat Energy; Chioma Afe, Director External Affairs & Social Performance; and officials; and the NEPL Team led by Olubukonla Oyegbami, and others, at the NEPL/Seplat JV PEARLs Quiz Final held in Benin, Edo State …. Recently.

Organisers of the PEARLs Quiz Competition – the NNPC Exploration and Production Limited Seplat Energy Joint Venture – have said that 57, 000 students in Edo and Delta have benefited from the annual competition.

Chioma Afe, who is Director, External Affairs and Social Performance, Seplat Energy Plc, in a statement on Tuesday, said PEARLs has grown into one of the joint venture’s most impactful education initiatives since its launch in 2012.

“PEARLs builds confidence, discipline, leadership, and problem-solving skills. To date, the programme has impacted over 57,000 students, with more than N100 million invested in school infrastructure and educational development,” she said.

This year’s competition attracted 476 secondary schools, culminating in a keenly contested grand finale that celebrated academic excellence, innovation, confidence and character among young people.