No fewer than Two Thousand, Eight Hundred (2800) Pupils representing about 700 schools are contending for honours in the grand finale of the Indomie inter school art competition held last Saturday, across the five zones designated for the competition.

The finals of the competition otherwise tagged ’My Mom Like No Other’ inter school competition was held in Ajegunle, Ikorodu, Ota, Oshodi and Mushin centre where finalists converged to show their drawing and painting skills.

The competition was held at the Kingston Nursery and primary School, Itire road, Ojo for Ajegunle Zone, DeMays Nursery and Primary School, Agric, for Ikorodu zone, the Ambassador, Idiroko road, Ota while the Oshodi Zone was held at High Gate Nursery and Primary School and Twin Nursery and Primary School, Papa Ajao, the centre for Mushin Zone.

Speaking at the centre in Mushin, the Public Relations Manager, Tope Ashiwaju, expressed satisfaction with the level of creativity and ingenuity displayed by the pupils across the zones which he described as awesome and incredible.

“I must confess to you that with the level of creative design and painting skills displayed by these pupils, it is obvious that the country is well endowed with talents and the future is very bright for the kids that had participated in the competition,” he noted.

“For Pupils of ages between 7 and 12 years to put up this fantastic performance by interpreting the theme ‘Mum like no other, noodles like no other’ without the aid or assistance of their teachers is really incredible. With what I have seen so far, I am sure the judges will have a real battle choosing the winners,” he continued.

Ashiwaju further explained that Dufil Prima Foods Plc., makers of Nigeria’s No 1 noodles brand, Indomie Instant Noodles introduced the inter school Art competition among primary school pupils in consonance with Indomie current campaign theme ‘Mother like no other, Noodles like no other’.

He said the competition is to bring out the creative intuition in the pupils between the ages of 7 and 12 whose schools are members of Indomie Fan Club by tasking their brain to draw and show how special their mothers are.Ashiwaju revealed that the first six pupils will win a whopping sum of One Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand Naira (N125, 000.00) worth of scholarship and a Play Station each for their efforts.

The second category of another Six pupils will smile home with Seventy Five Thousand Naira (N75,000.00) worth of scholarship and a Play Station each while the third position for another Six pupils will win a Play Station each.