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The competition is for students in any registered school in Nigeria from the ages of 9 years to 16 years who have to register on the competition's website.
Apart from the National spelling bee that has representatives across the states in the country, there is another spelling bee that commenced during while [[Bola Tinubu|Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu]] was the governor of Lagos State.
This is referring to the New Era Foundation spelling Bee, an annual event in Lagos State that had its first outing in 2001.The spelling bee competition is held among all public primary and secondary school in [[Lagos]] State with the winner and runner-ups of the secondary school category carting away prizes ranging from cash, a trip to [[Finland]] and the most outstanding one being the opportunity for the overall winner to serve as one-day governor of the state alongside runner-ups as cabinet members.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Opinion |title=Lagos and the one day governor tradition |url=https://m.guardian.ng/opinion/lagos-and-the-one-day-governor-tradition/ |website=Guardian.ng |date=28 March 2021 |publisher=Guardian |access-date=2021-09-14}}</ref> The spelling bee competition has till date produced 20 one-day governors with the year 2020 winner being a female student from Angus Memorial Senior High School, Shomolu Lagos - Miss Jemimah Marcus.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Premium Times |title="One-day Lagos governor" seeks more infrastructure support for school |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/451432-one-day-lagos-governor-seeks-more-infrastructure-support-for-schools.html |website=Premiumtimesng.com |date=26 March 2021 |publisher=Premium Times |access-date=2021-09-14}}</ref>
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Sylvan Learning Center, a supplemental education organization from the United States, has organized an annual competition for Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah-area schools. The Sylvan Spelling Challenge is held annually in December and February for students in grades 3–8. The Sylvan competition expects to attract nearly 1,000 participants from 30 schools in its inaugural year.
Abu Dhabi University sponsors the largest spelling bee in the United Arab Emirates, attracting students from both public and private institutions for the past three years. The Abu Dhabi University Spelling Bee is heralded as the most challenging and well-known spelling competition in the United Arab Emirates
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