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MIPLG Debate Competition Results

 

SEMI-FINALS REPORT

 

The MIPLG International Debate Competition semi-finals was held on October 5, 2024, on the organization’s official Zoom platform. The competition featured four teams divided into two panels moderated by Ms. Aisha Yusuf and Mr. Mowbray Jones-Nelson. From a pool of 37 teams, each comprising two members, four teams advanced to the semi-finals: Bowen University, Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), ZCAS University, and Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

 

We are most privileged to have the support of 6 esteemed judges for these semi-finals sessions:

 

Professor Ifeoluwa Olubiyi – Associate Professor of Law, Afe Babalola University

Dr. Nkem Itanyi – Researcher, IP Lecturer, and Tetfund Scholar

Valentine Ugwuoke – IP and IT Expert, Doctoral Candidate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Cindy Nariasi – State Counsel, Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice

Nadine Hakizimana – Youth Engagement Facilitator, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Priscilla Mapinda Esq – Corporate and IP Lawyer

 

JUDGING CRITERIA

 

 

     Prof Ifeoluwa Olubiyi    Ms. Cindy Nariasi Ms. Priscilla Mapinda
 

 

 

BOWEN OOU BOWEN OOU BOWEN OOU
 

 

Time Management (10)

 

10 8 8 6 9 7
 

Presentation (40)

 

 

25 20 25 26 25 20
 

 

Content (40)

 

 

33 35 30 34 35 30
 

Dressing (5)

 

 

3 4 3 5 2 4
Rebuttal (15)

 

11 12 9 13 8 6

 

After careful considerations of each team’s performance, the judges returned winners of this round as follows:

 

 

                                    SEMI-FINALS SCORE SHEET (GROUP A)

 

 

TOTAL:

BOWEN: 236

OOU: 230

 

AVERAGE:

BOWEN: 78.6

OOU: 76.6

 

COMMENTS:

BOWEN ADVANCES TO THE FINALS

 

 

 

 

                                    SEMI-FINALS SCORE SHEET (GROUP B)

 

JUDGING CRITERIA

 

 

     Dr Nkem Itanyi    Mr Valentine Ugwuoke Ms. Nadine Hakizimana
 

 

 

ZCAS GIMPA ZCAS GIMPA ZCAS GIMPA
 

 

Time Management (10)

 

8 8 8 10 5 7
 

Presentation (40)

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

27

 

 

20

 

 

30

 

 

20

 

 

35

 

 

Content (40)

 

 

30 35 38 40 25 25
 

Dressing (5)

 

 

3 5 3 5 2 5
Rebuttal (15)

 

8 13 10 15 5 15

 

 

 

TOTAL:

ZCAS: 205

GIMPA: 275

 

AVERAGE:

ZCAS: 68.3

GIMPA: 91.6

 

COMMENTS:

GIMPA ADVANCES TO THE FINALS