Former Minister of Finance & Economic Planning Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu will be the guest lecturer at the Second Edition of the Annual Rev Etteh Distinguished Lecture Series on Thursday, September 22, at the Function Suite, Lagos Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, at 9:30 AM, under the chairmanship of Otis O. Anyaeji, president, Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE)
Also to present a paper at the lecture is Setonji David, aNn NSE Fellow, and member of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
The theme of this year’s lecture is: “Managing the Challenges of Infrastructure Deficits in Nigeria: A Cross-Country Analysis of the roles of Engineers in Economic Development”.
This is the Second Edition of the Annual Lecture series instituted by the Board of Trustees, National Council of the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE), a division of the NSE, in 2015 in honour of one of Nigeria’s outstanding engineers, Rev Ette Ikpong Ikpong Etteh, OFR, co-founding principal, Etteh Aro and Partners, based in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. The maiden edition of the Annual Lecture Series, was held on December 16, 2015, on a day Rev Etteh turns 80.
“Etteh has had a robust professional practice spanning decades of exemplary dedication to the tenets of the profession as well as training and mentoring of many engineers, who, today, can stand to be counted.
‘’It is because of the impact his professional practice has had on the profession that his colleagues deemed it fit to honour him for his achievements by instituting the Annual Award and Lecture Series in his name,” said the organisers.