Entries have opened for the 2025 Maltina Teacher of the Year competition with the organisers, Nigerian Breweries-Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund, recounting what has been achieved through the competition since inception.
Entries officially opened on Tuesday, June 24, and will run until Friday, August 22, 2025.
At a flag-off event for the 2025 competition held at the company’s office in Lagos on Tuesday, Managing Director and CEO of Nigerian Breweries Plc, Hans Essaadi, said 278 teachers have been celebrated and recognised at different levels with 10 outstanding individuals emerging as national champions since the initiative began in 2015.
Essaadi, who was represented by the Corporate Affairs Director at Nigerian Breweries Plc, Uzodinma Odenigbo, said many of the past winners have gone ahead to accomplish amazing things in their careers as well as in their communities and the lives of the students.
“Through this platform, we have donated nine school infrastructure projects across the country and sponsored two cohorts of past winners from international capacity development programmes at the University of Manchester in the UK and, most recently, the Tampere University in Finland,” Essaadi said.
Beyond the competition, he said the Nigerian Breweries-Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund has continued its work in education and has “supported over 74 communities and more than 450 classrooms and libraries, career guidance for thousands of students and funding for higher education across Nigeria”.
Speaking in his capacity as the Corporate Affairs Director, Odenigbo said the competition has since inception in 2015 grown into a powerful and transformative platform for celebrating teachers and advancing the cause of education in Nigeria.
He said the competition has continued to have positive ripple effects as participation has increased over the years with winners contributing to the transformation of their communities.
Odenigbo urged interested and eligible secondary school teachers to submit their entries via the dedicated website for Maltina Teacher of the Year, www.maltinateacheroftheyear.com.
He said hard copy entries can also be submitted at any of the company’s corporate affairs offices across the country.
One her part, Nigerian Breweries Marketing Director, Sarah Agha, described Maltina as a brand that nourishes lives and shares happiness in a contagious way to every Nigerian.
“When we think about nourishment, it’s just not the internal aspect of nourishment and that, of course, is important, but if you think about outside of the home, the teachers play a fundamental role in nourishing the minds and hearts of our children and that’s why we will continue to support this programme for many years to come,” Agha said.
“So my humble request is, let’s make Maltina Teacher of the Year viral starting from today. Let’s share the news, let’s make it big, let’s make people excited because it’s something that is truly noble and can get this country excited,” she said.
