With the entry deadline extended to seven days, no fewer than 32 tertiary institutions are currently scrambling to win the national software innovation cup instituted by the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, (ISPON) .
The schools, among which are University of Calabar, Calabar; University of Uyo, Uyo; Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho; Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye; Delta State University, Abraka; Cross Rivers State University of Technology, Calabar; The Polytechnic, Ibadan; Uyo City Polytechnic; Federal Polytechnic, Offa; Yaba College of Technology, Yaba; Federal Polytechnic, Idah, among others are among the schools making apparent effort to scale through.
While others are making frantic efforts to beat the submission deadline, Moses Braimah, ISPON Chairman

of PR and Communications Committee said that the decision by ISPON NEC and the judges to extend the submission date by 7 days was in response to pleas from contenders at various schools to enable them complete the documentation of their applications for the competition. Also, as at the time the entry opened many of the universities, he said were yet to start the new academic session”
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