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).