Meet Fawaz A Bus Conductor Winner of Chess Tournament In Oshodi

Meet  18-Year-Old Bus Conductor Winner, Chess Tournament In Oshodi

By Oluwatoyin Mathnuel Publisher insightmagonline

A teenager, Adeoye Fawaz, has emerged a double champion in Chess and Mental Maths at a tournament held in Oshodi, Lagos.

The tournament is the brainchild of Chess In Slums Initiative.

The organization recently organized chess lessons for “51 homeless children” living under the bridge in Oshodi, a popular Lagos neighborhood.

During the training, the team taught the kids the fundamentals of chess and mental math, as well as giving them puzzles to complete.

The exercise came to a close with a competition designed to assess the participants’ understanding of what they had learned during the training session.

Fawaz emerged as the overall winner in both chess and mental maths, according to Tunde Onakayo, the organization’s creator, in a Twitter thread.

Onakayo also described how he and his crew spotted Fawaz under the bridge about a month ago and recruited him for the training.

According to him, the bus conductor revealed that his goal of being a singer and comic is still alive.

“Our overall champion in both chess and mental maths was Adeoye Fawaz, an 18-year-old bus conductor who has spent years of his life under the Oshodi bridge. He wrote, “A star is born.”

“The mental mathematical competition’s final phase was fast and furious, but Fawaz aced the questions.” Imagine if these boys were given a proper education! What if you taught them how to code? Consider how many we’ve lost to the streets because no one was paying attention.”

Orphans and those who ran away from their homes to seek brighter pastures in Lagos, according to Onakayo, are among the participants, who range in age from 11 to 20.

“51 homeless children from one of Nigeria’s most hazardous ghettos came to our chess training every day because they recognized an opportunity to learn a new start on life,” he said.