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  • NSE tasks COREN on engineering regulation

    The Abuja branch of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has called on the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) to intensify its Engineering Regulation Monitoring (ERM).

    The Chairman of NSE in Abuja, Mr Chinasaokwu Okoli, made the call in a statement by Mrs Ojonugwa Haruna, the COREN’s Head of Public Relations on Sunday in Abuja.

    He made the call during a courtesy visit to COREN President, Ali Rabiu.

    Okoli urged COREN president and his management team to exploit every opportunity available to the council to sharpen the operations of ERM.

     

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    According to him, ERM is currently operating without powers to prosecute offenders and will therefore, not be taken seriously.

    He called on the president to work with a vibrant team that would help to promote the activities of the council and address issues among its members and other professional bodies.

    Okoli pledged the readiness of the NSE Abuja branch to offer necessary support to COREN and urged the president to be part of the branch’s Annual General Meeting slated for August.

    He said the visit was to register solidarity and support of the Abuja branch of NSE for the administration of Rabiu as the president of COREN.

    Rabiu commended the delegation for the visit, adding that with the accent of President Muhammadu Buhari to the amended COREN Act, the council was currently in a better position to empower its ERM.

    He said that COREN had inaugurated a 16-member strategic implementation committee to come up with a road map for the implementation of the act.

  • NSE urges NASS to pass National Transport Commission bill into law

    The Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Society of Engineers ( NSE ), has called on the National Assembly to pass into law, the bill for the establishment of National Transport Commission.

    The state NSE Chairman, Engr. Rabiu Haruna made the call on Saturday at a workshop to mark the 2018 World Day for Safety and Health at Work.

    The workshop with the theme ‘Safety as Key in National Infrastructural Development’, was organised to discuss issues of National development.

    He said that the focused areas are desert encroachment, road accidents and Environmental Safety.

    He explained that the establishment of the Commission will ensure regular monitoring of the high ways to reduce the rate of road accidents across the major roads in the country.

    “The Commission if established, will ensure the strict compliance of the road traffic laws beyond the function of the Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC ).

    “For over 10 years, the bill has not been passed into law by the National Assembly, I therefore called on them to revisit and pass it”, the NSE Chairman said.

    Haruna added that if it had been passed, the issue of road accident in Nigeria would have by now drastically reduced to the lowest level.

    The NSE Chairman also called on the Federal Government to revisit he issue for the establishment of the Commission through the necessary channels.

    According to him, the negligence of drivers, especially commercial vehicle drivers had contributed so much to the present bad condition of the major roads nationwide due to over loading.

    He appealed to road users, especially the tanker drivers and other articulated commercial vehicles to always obey the road traffic laws so as to reduce road traffic crashes.

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  • Telecommunications, catalyst for economic development – NSE

    Telecommunications, catalyst for economic development – NSE

    Engr Rabi’u Haruna, the Chairman, Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), has described telecommunication as a catalyst for Economic development in the country.

    Haruna stated this on Monday in Kano during a one day sensitisation workshop organised by the Kano branch of the Nigerian Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, (NIEEE).

    According to him, the workshop was aimed at impacting knowledge to members of the engineering profession in the state to ensure the development of the country.

    He added that the role of Telecommunications in boosting the country’s economy can not be overemphasised.

    The NSE boss therefore reaffirmed the association’s commitment toward uplifting the engineering profession in the state in particular and the country at large.

    Haruna called on the general public to always monitor the activities of vandals in their areas and immediately report them to the nearest security agents for prompt action.

    The Chairman also called on the public to always consider telecommunication companies as partners in progress.

    In a remark, the chairman of the NIEEE, Mr. Emmanuel Akinwole urged the participants to utilise the knowledge they acquired during the workshop to improve the country’s telecommunications system.

  • VC blames incessant building collapse on education sector

    VC blames incessant building collapse on education sector

    The Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (Unilag), Prof. Rahamon Bello, has blamed increasing spate of building collapse in the country on the education sector.

    Bello made the observation on Tuesday at the 2017 Annual Lecture/Awards and Induction ceremony of the Lagos Branch of Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE).

    The event held in Unilag, Akoka, Yaba.

    The vice chancellor was represented by the university’s Director of Works and Physical Planning, Dr Adelere Adeniran.

    He called for increased funding of vocational training schools to develop middle level manpower which, he said, was lacking in the construction industry.

    He said that quackery was in the increase because Shylock businessmen have taken over the role of vocational institutions and are churning out half-baked artisans.

    Bello noted that artisans without requisite skills were not allowed to practise in developed countries, regretting that the reverse had been the case in Nigeria where they paraded themselves as engineers.

    He also said that inadequate government attention on the development of vocational schools had made some students with insufficient intelligence to acquire university education at all cost.

    “The implication is that those who would have made good craftsmen parade themselves as engineers,’’ he said.

    Bello urged resuscitation of vocational training to provide skilled middle-level manpower needed for the engineering profession to have a complete chain of professionals.

    In his lecture, the Acting General-Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency, Mr Oladotun Lasoju, urged Lagos residents to partner with the state government to fish out quacks and report illegal activities causing building collapse.

    He urged engineers to monitor their projects from design to completion to ensure that developers would not cut corners to compromise quality.

    Lasoju said that regulatory agencies in the state were working in synergy to ensure adequate regulation and law enforcement to stop building collapse and ensure proper planning of the environment.

    “The Lagos State Government is leaving no stone unturned toward ensuring that an end is put to this problem.

    “That is why, as individuals and groups, we need to partner with the government,” he said.

    The Chairman, Lagos Branch, Nigerian Institute of Building, Mrs Adenike Said, urged building professionals to collaborate to end building collapse.

    Said called on the NSE to carry artisans along in seminars and trainings in order to enlighten them on professional standards to stem building collapse.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bello, Adeniran and Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos received the Lagos NSE Awards for Excellence for contributions to the growth of engineering.

  • Nigeria requires 80,000 stations to join smart world – NCC

    Nigeria requires 80,000 stations to join smart world – NCC

    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said Nigeria needs at least 80,000 telecommunication base stations to actualise its dream of being a smart country.

    The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta said on Thursday in Lagos that such number of base stations would spur Nigeria to join countries working toward making Internet of Things (IoT) a reality.

    Danbatta said that IoT could be realised by leveraging on fourth generation (4G) and 5G networks.

    He said that the country currently has less than 50,000 base stations.

    “3G, 4G going to 5G networks are going to usher this country into smart applications, the Internet of Things or the smart world and cities we are talking about.

    “And of course because of the additional burden on infrastructure, the present capacity of telecommunications infrastructure is grossly inadequate to cater for these additional platforms or services we talk about.

    “Therefore, we will need from 70,000 to 80,000 base transceiver masts to be able to provide the effective capacity that is needed to deploy 4G going to 5G,” he said.

    Danbatta called on approving agencies at all levels of government in the country to synergise with NCC with a view to achieving the 80,000 target.

    He said that the United Kingdom, with a population of almost one third of Nigeria already has close to 60,000 masts.

    On concerns about health implications to exposure to electromagnetic field, Danbatta said that researches so far conducted in the area had not indicated any adverse health concerns.

    “With regards to other professional bodies like Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), we don’t have any quarrel with their positions.

    “The only question is when we say exposure to electromagnetic field is hazardous to health, what level are we talking about.

    “We have to define the level of exposure that is hazardous to human beings.

    “Of course, if you generate a massive electromagnetic field of unprecedented proportion and put a person inside, there will be medical consequences.

    “But what we are saying is that provided the limit specified is observed and NCC is there to ensure compliance with that limit, there is no health hazard,” he said.

    According to him, there is a limit of safety below which electromagnetic fields do not cause any harm to health.

  • NSE calls for capacity programme for skills update

    NSE calls for capacity programme for skills update

    The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has called for a continuous capacity building programme to update knowledge and skills of members working with the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT).

    This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Paul Mshelizah, the Chief Public Relations Officer of the institute, at the weekend in Abuja.

    It said the call was made when a delegation of NSE, Zaria, Kaduna State branch, visited Dr Aminu Yusuf, the Director -General, NITT, to enhance the working relationship between the two organisations.

    It, however, commended the management of NITT for initiating programmes with direct bearing on the growth of the institute and engineering profession.

    The statement acknowledged the immense contribution of the institute toward the economic development of the country.

    It assured members of the NSE of the institute’s willingness to support its activities, particularly programmes initiated by engineers serving in the institute.

    It stated that over 85 per cent of staff serving in the Transport Technology Centre (TTC) were trained engineers.

    “As part of NITT’s commitment toward enhancing the ideals of engineering, over 85 per cent of staff serving in the Transport Technology Centre (TTC) are trained engineers.

    “This is to further enable the centre achieve its noble goals of innovation, invention and other forms of technological development,” it said.