Nigeria, March 24 -- Anambra State Governor Prof Chukwuma Soludo has handed over a cheque of N500,000 as a cash award to Miss Ifebude Chelsea Benson, the overall best candidate in the 2023 National Examination Council (NECO) Senior Secondary Schools Certificate Examination.

Miss Ifebude, a native of Ndikelionwu in Orumba North LGA, scored A1 in all the nine subjects she took during the examination.

She has since been offered admission and has been studying Medicine and Surgery at the University of Abuja.

The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, presented the award on behalf of the Governor to the recipient, who was represented by her father, Mr Ben Benson.

According to the Education Commissioner, the award was the gover...