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‎COREN Assembly to bolster professional compliance, address engineering challenges – President

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‎The Council for the Regulation of Engineering (COREN) says its upcoming 33rd Assembly will bolster professional compliance and address engineering challenges.

‎By Angela Atabo

‎The Council for the Regulation of Engineering (COREN) says its upcoming 33rd Assembly will bolster professional compliance and address engineering challenges.

‎The President of COREN, Prof. Sadiq Abubakar, who said the assembly would attract over five million engineers, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Monday.

‎Abubakar said the assembly themed “Advancing Quality Engineering Service and Businesses in Nigeria-Professional Compliance and Remuneration” would serve as a platform for both local and international professionals to discuss the evolving demands of the industry.

‎He said the COREN Assembly was an annual event bringing  all Cadres of Engineering Practitioners together to discuss issues that would lift the profession to greater heights

‎According to him, this is important because a nation is only developed and respected following the quality of its engineering practitioners and infrastructure.

‎“The COREN 33rd Assembly is designed to also provide a forum to assess and educate engineering practitioners on various developments within the engineering profession.

‎“This is for effective regulation and safety for lives, properties and investments as well as to promote shared prosperity for all in Nigeria.

‎“The Assembly will interrogate the remuneration and fee structure for engineering professional’s vis-à-vis the quality of services rendered and the motivation of the practitioners.

‎“The aim is to ensure remuneration is not exploitative, but fair and motivating,” COREN president said.

‎According to him, attendance at the Assembly is compulsory for all registered practitioners and a requirement for the renewal of practicing licence for both individual and firms.

‎Abubakar added that this was to minimise quackery responsible for the incessant Engineering infrastructural failures.

‎He explained that COREN was established as a statutory body with the mandate to regulate and control the engineering education, training and practice of engineering in all its aspects and ramifications.

‎He said that COREN in partnership with other stakeholders was also  finalising modalities to commence accreditation of Technical Colleges in Nigeria to meet the global standards of Sydney Accord Dublin Accord.

‎Abubakar said that in response to the goals of the current administration, the Council approved the resuscitation of Supervised Industrial Training Scheme in Engineering (SITSIE) under a new name of Engineering Residency Programme (ERP).