The Nigerian Society of Engineers, (NSE),
has reiterated its resolve to escalate agenda setting for the in-coming
administration both at the federal and state levels towards embracing the study
and practice of engineering in the country towards the nation’s economic
growth, wrote Miriam Humbe.
President of NSE, Engr. Ademola Isaac
Olorunfemi made the resolve during a press briefing hinged on burning national
issues and agenda setting for the incoming political administration about to be
voted into office.
“There is no doubting the fact that every
nation that has become great in the last three centuries, without exception,
has had to seriously encourage the study and practice of engineering which has
over the centuries, led to the physical and economic development of such nations,”
he said.
While citing the examples of developing
nations like South Korea, China, Malaysia and Singapore, Engr. Olorunfemi said
“the application of engineering provides us with the necessary speed and
acceleration in the race for growth of the economy and the generation of
national wealth”.
He commended the interest shown by
President Goodluck Jonathan in the affairs of National Agency for Science and
Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI as chairman of the agency, by personally
chairing two board meetings in the past one year and urged the in-coming
administration to continue in the same stride.
Engr. Olorunfemi also advised that the
statutory provision contained in the NASENI Act that deduction of one percent
of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, should be reserved for the
implementation of the NASENI mandate should be upheld as a way forward for
Nigeria in the development of engineering, technology and innovation.
