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As a result of many calls and inquiries from members regarding the NSE categories of membership,   we are writing to reproduce in tabular form the detailed. For those who are not familiar with the categories on membership we believe the following may be of help to you: The following are guidelines for persons aspiring to become members of the Nigerian Society of Engineers. There are six grades of membership namely: Fellow, Honorary Fellow, Corporate Member, Graduate Member, Associate and Student Member. The education and training required for each grade of membership are listed hereunder: 1. STUDENT MEMBER A Student Member shall be a person who is undertaking an approved engineering course of training leading to a degree in an institution recognised by the Council of the Society for the purpose of training professional engineers. All Application is now online. 2.GRADUATE MEMBER A person seeking admission to Graduate Membership shall possess an academic qualificatio

INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF THE 27 TH  PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS, ENGR. CHIEF OLUMUYIWA ALADE AJIBOLA, FNSE, C.ENG. ON 16 TH  JANUARY, 2010 AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, ABUJA 1.0   INTRODUCTION I give God all the glory for making this day a reality. Though the journey has been long and arduous, like the proverbial King David in the Holy Bible, I humbly testify that the Lord has been my help and my guide in the journey to date. Today indeed is special in the history of our great Society, as it marks the beginning of the second decade of the millennium. Thus the challenges are in legion and multifarious in nature and dimension, due to the exceptionally rapid rate of development ushered in by the millennium through the explosion as it were, in Information and Communication Technology which has dictated paradigm shifts to the ways of life, the world over, from Governance to Trade and Commerce. The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) is a profession

His Excellency, the Governor of Osun State, The President of N.S.E, The Hon. Commissioner for Works, Osun State, House of Assembly Member here present, Council Members, Fellow N.S.E, Past National Chairman, the New Chairman, Gentle Men and Women of the Press, Ladies and Gentlemen. With special Appreciation to Almighty God who owes us nothing but we owe Him everything. I feel highly honored to welcome you all today for this great Occasion of Inauguration of the Osun State Chapter of NICE. Civil Engineering History In the beginning, Civil Engineering included all engineers that did not practice military engineering; said to have begun in 18th century in France. The First, “Civil Engineer” was an Englishman, John Smeaton who constructed the Eddystone Lighthouse in 1761. Henry H. White, first KY Civil Engineering Graduate from Bacon (Georgetown) College in 1840. John Wesley Gunn of Lexington received first Civil Engineering degree from A & M College (UK) in 1890. In 1818