Who wants to be a Thousandaire, AAUA, is an academic program designed to both broaden the horizon of AAUA students and provide them with financial enablement. It is a mind blowing game that teases and tests the intellectual and thinking capacity of students, while assisting them to boost same.
The idea behind this game is that while the reading and study culture of students are reawakened and given a boost, they are also encouraged by the financial rewards attached to the exercise. This program promises to be not only educative, but exciting for participants, audience and viewers.
Eligibility to Participate
To be eligible to participate in the program, prospective participants must meet the following benchmarks:
– Be a student of AAUA
– Be in any level of study
– Be a student of any department and faculty.
Procedures to Register to become a Participant
To participate in the program, prospective participants are to click the button below And register by filling in their details, and paying a non-refundable registration fee of 1,000 Naira only.
After registration, a unique code/number will be sent to the registered email address and/or phone number. Registered participants are to take note of this unique code/number.
Modalities for Selecting Contestants
The selection of contestants will be done in two phases.
Phase I: Random Draw
Here, the unique codes/numbers of all the participants who registered online are put in a pot in an online random draw, and the codes/numbers are randomly selected. A total of nine online draws will be made, to select nine (9) potential contestants.
Phase II: Fastest Finger
On the day of the program, fastest finger games will be played to select a total of three (3) ultimate contestants who will be on the hot seat at separate times to compete for the cash prizes on the day.
Life Lines
There will be three life lines available to contestants to assist them on their quest to earn higher cash prizes. The life lines include:
1. 50:50 : Here, two wrong answers will be deleted, and the contestant will be left with one correct and one wrong answer to choose from.
2. Ask the Audience: Here, the contestant has the opportunity to ask any member of the audience who is willing to assist them with the correct answer to any particular question.
3. Ask a friend: Here, the contestant has the opportunity to request a friend’s assistance to answer any question they deem fit. This friend has to be selected from among the three friends who contestants must have brought to the event specifically for that purpose.
Reward
Contestants have the chance to win a minimum cash prize of 25,000 Naira, and a maximum of 999,000 Naira from answering a total of 14 questions correctly. On the ladder of the cash prizes, contestants can get to a guaranteed stage, where, no matter their performance afterwards, they are guaranteed of those prizes. Also, if contestants fail to reach any guaranteed stage on the cash prize ladder, they will leave the game unrewarded. Only guaranteed cash prizes are awarded to contestants at the end of their contest.
Awarding the Cash Prizes
A giant dummy cheque containing the total cash prize won by contestants will be presented to the contestant immediately, while the actual cash prize will be transferred to the bank account details of the contestant.
Venue and Time
The program will take place live, every Sunday of the week, inside the Olusegun Obasanjo (OBJ) Multipurpose Hall, AAUA. It will usually hold at 6:00pm prompt.
How to Follow
The program can be followed both physically and virtually. Physically, audience/viewers purchase the entrance ticket for 300 Naira only, and virtually, audience/viewers can follow the program via livestreaming on designated Instagram and YouTube channels.
Sponsors
Club 90; 360 Nation.