NSE president tasks engineers on community service

Fri, Aug 26, 2022
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MR Tasiu Gidari-Wudil, National President, Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) has urged engineers in the country to give back to their communities by implementing public appeal projects.

Gidari-Wudil made the call during a public lecture organised by the Calabar branch of NSE in Calabar on Friday.

The lecture which is part of the activities for the 2022 NSE Engineering Week is with the theme,”Innovation in Handling Municipal Wastes”

The president urged practicing engineers to indulge more in volunteerism as a way of supporting their immediate communities.

He urged them to identify the project needs in their communities such as bridges, electricity facilities, school buildings, water facilities among others.

”Use your expertise and experience to construct such projects or repair ailing ones in the interest of your communities,” he said.

Gidari-Wudil urged younger engineers to tap resources from the experience of the older ones for more efficient performance.

He commended the Calabar branch of NSC for completing a new multi-purpose secretariat, following the vandalism of the old secretariat during the endSARS protest in 2020.

”I see this as good news. At the national level,  we shall soon complete action on our N400 million innovation centre.

”The centre will serve as a bank of ideas for ‘engibeers’ to fine-tune and develop their ideas.

”We shall collaborate with the academia to enhance our professional capacities and encourage members to create and nurture ideas,” he said.

The NSE president expressed the need for established engineers to return to the classrooms in order to share their knowledge and experiences with student engineers.

Also speaking, Prof. Jonah Agunwamba, former Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Cross River (UNICROSS), said that the nation had not done well in terms of waste disposal and management.

He said that inefficient waste disposal system could be dangerous to the environment and public health.

Agunwamba said it was improper to leave the recycling of wastes solely in the hands of scavengers.

”We can do better if we plan well. If well managed, wastes can be turned into wealth.(NAN

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