According to the organizers of the tournament, the
Mathematics without Borders Int’l Tournament is an academic mathematics
tournament which “aims at promoting the ancient science of Mathematics and
composed of four rounds, with the first two rounds being held in the partner
schools.”
Commending the students for the feat, the Managing Director
of NTIC, Mr Feyzullah Bilgin said: “From our school branches across Nigeria, 90
students participated simultaneously with 23,248 of their counterparts from 29
countries including: Canada, U.S.A., Bulgaria, Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan,
Uzbekistan, Indonesia, at the end 22 of our students won 6 gold, 4 silver and
12 bronze medals.
“We specially recognize and commend our students: Abubakar
Hafsat (Perfect Scorer), Maryam Idris Bowu (Perfect Scorer), Yunus Hassan Yunus
(NTIC Yobe Primary); Luis Lu (NTIC Abuja Boys); Kaosisochukwu Karsten Enebe
(NTIC Abuja Co-Ed) and Oghenerukevwe Esemitodje Patrick (Bright Sun College,
Lagos Secondary) for winning gold medals in the first round of the
competition.”