The President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Mr? Mustafa Balarabe Shehu, has urged Nigerian engineers to use their work and their credibility to engage the government and the society if they wished to make an impact.
He was speaking in Owerri at the induction of new members of the branch and the commissioning of the Owerri Engineering Centre.
Shehu expressed delight that the Owerri branch has built its own structure to a level where they could deploy it for their meetings and professional training, adding that this would save it funds, which it would have expended on venues and renting of other facilities.
“You must be conscious that as engineers, it is our work, our credibility that speak for us. We must deliver our job with credibility.
“The Centre will also help to create a pool of resources and database for engineering skills, capacity availability for national statistics and job placement. NSE under my leadership will give full support to this Centre and I therefore call on all members of the Owerri branch to team up with us to achieve this noble objective which is aimed at continuous professional development of our members through capacity building and improvement of skills of the Nigerian engineering personnel,” he said.
Speaking earlier, the outgoing Chairman of the branch, Mr Remy Uche expressed pleasure that he had the privilege of hosting the president as the first branch to do so shortly after his inauguration. He assured the president of the support of the members of the branch to his administration.
He said the branch decided to improve the Engineering Centre to a level where all its monthly meetings and other activities would be held there to save the branch money from renting halls in hotels and other venues.