About us

The PENGASSAN National Essay Competition is a stimulating, encouraging and social responsibility initiative of the Petroleum & Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to drive the development of creative writing amongst secondary school students in Nigeria. It is billed to generate interest in writing amongst secondary school students at a time when many are being dissuaded from academic and writing proficiency. It is a strategic initiative to drive creativity, deep reflective and critical thinking, and increase their ability to leverage yet unexplored areas of our day-to-day life.

Through this competition, PENGASSAN seeks to achieve the following:

1. Inspire a new set of teen leaders who would go on to dominate the world stage.
2. To build and inspire a network of global excellence-driven leaders, creating in them a sense of patriotism
3. To foster and promote national peace and unity by providing a platform for social and racial integration among the students
4. To promote genuine leadership qualities among the youths and educating them on how these qualities impart on national and global development;
5. To provide a platform for talented youths to explore opportunities that life presents:
6. To provide adequate information on their roles, and how true leadership is an integral component of national (educational) development;
7. To create an awareness of moral standards and practices among the students in order to redefine the values and norms of the society;
8. To educate the students on school policies, governance and administration;
9. Celebrating excellence in the students, instilling into them the spirit of healthy competitiveness, and inculcating in their minds the right attitude to learning;
10. To raise youths that are full of life, passion, and enthusiasm to follow through their dreams and visions for life;
11. And ultimately building a better and great future for the youths.