The quiz competition was organized to mark the 53rd anniversary of the existence of the APC Youth League.
The competition brought together members of the National Union of APC Student, student from various learning institutions including Njala University, Fourah Bay College, Institute of Public Administration and Management, Milton Magai College of Education and Technology , Freetown Teacher’s College, College of Medicines And Health Sciences, Government Technical Institute, Eastern Polytechnic, EBK Makeni, and Eastern Freetown College.
The purpose of the quiz is to build the intelligence of student academically, and also to enable them to have vast knowledge of the party history.
Bai Mamoud Bangura proposed Minister of Youth Affairs and President of the National Youth League thanked President Koroma for supporting in their education adding that the quiz competition would help build the mind set of young people both academically and mentally to take over leadership position in the party and the country as a whole.
Komba Kaimondo Sonsiama, President of the National Union of APC Student (NUAS) expressed dissatisfaction over certain information from the opposition party that youth of the APC party are not academically incline and full of violence but believe the quiz competition would prove them wrong.
The competition comprising of two rounds each having five set of questions as seven among the fourteen participants were eliminated in the first round while seven qualified to the second round of the competition.
Alsheik Alhassan of Njala University Freetown Campus emerge as winner of the Brain of APC Quiz competition followed by IPAM.