₦airaland Forum

Afospecialk:
Since all your past govt couldn't provide the companies that can transformed Nigeria in 16 years am sure BUHARI will prove all of yu wrong in the next 4 years

Nop, they made the enabling environment for these companies to thrive but bubu dullard killed the options put in place to keep these companies alive. Now most of the companies have folded because of the bad policies of this administration.

good move, i remember then during my service year, i was lucky my ppa was phcn, i cant forget that experience, now very useful to me as anElect. Engr

This is a very nice development.....jst don't know wen it will be implemented.

Best news ever. As an Atikulated person, I thank u Bubu. Thank God u r gradually becoming Atikulated also.

Including Computer Scientist, right?

Kennydoc:
Buhari didn't initiate the bill. It was brought up by the Saraki-led National Assembly and after passing the 3rd reading, it was dropped on Buhari's table for him to sign. Thankfully, he didn't reject it. If that's why you're praising him, then you need to pause and think, cos even a goat would have been able to sign the same bill if the goat was the president and could write.

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Maturity is indeed good,
the way you put up this your mentions shows that you are not only matured but educated

amaniro:
Good move. Journalist should work in a news outlet. Doctors, a hospital. Lawyers, court, Engineers, a firm or companies. The rest should find themselves in school

how many firms in the country can accommodate all the engineering graduates.

If you want to scrap NYSC, scrap it. But signing a bill that defeats the essence of NYSC does a lot more harm than good.

If the govt is so concerned about break in professionalism, what they should work on is Industrial training and not NYSC.

I used to think professionals should be kept in their field, but after teaching in a rural school, I realised the need for corp members to teach.

This bill addresses no issue. it was created on a selfish premise and I am surprised that everyone is lauding it.

A full time critic of buhari government... But this I love..

Economists, Accountants and other related courses should be in a financial institutions. Whereas those graduated from faculty of Education should be posted to schools.

Dis man don dey get sense oh
Glory be to God

maklelemakukula:
I haven't been buhari's strongest supporter, but I must commend this move...well done baba(can't believe I'm saying this)

The people that took the time and intellectual energy to prepare the bill should be the ones to get the praise. All Buhari needed to do was sign it, that does not take much. For crying out loud, when will Nigerians start becoming knowledgeable?

Note: Buhari should be commended but not like this we are going about it.

Stevewonder004:
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Maturity is indeed good,
the way you put up this your mentions shows that you are not only matured but educated

Thanks for the compliment.

mayprince:
Mandates foreign engineering firms to register with COREN

By Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja assented to Engineers (Registration etc) Amendment Bill, 2019, which among others, bars the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from henceforth, posting graduates of engineering to secondary schools to teach.


The bill which has now become the Act of the National Assembly seeks to promote technological development in Nigeria by ensuring that trained engineers are well positioned to deploy the knowledge acquired in their various fields to the development of technology in the country.

Briefing journalists in the State House, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, said as against the tradition of posting a large number of engineering graduates to schools by NYSC, youth corps members who are graduates of engineering must henceforth be posted only to engineering firms and other institutions that are relevant to their professional fields.

Aside prohibiting such firms from rejecting engineering graduates posted to them, the Act mandates NYSC to immediately communicate the name of any institution where an engineering graduate is posted to, for his/her primary assignment, to the Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).

Enang cited Section 14 (i and ii) of the Act which provides that “The Directorate of the National Youth Service Corps shall ensure posting of graduate engineers and technologists to places of relevant professional engineering experience.

“Pursuant to the provision of subsection (i), the Directorate of National Youth Service Corps shall communicate the location of graduate engineers and engineering technologists to the Council.’’

Furthermore, the Act prohibits any foreign engineering firm from operating in Nigeria without being duly registered in the country by COREN.

It also mandates such a foreign firm to ensure the introduction of local content into the operations of the company by employing Nigerian engineers.


Enang added: “The Act broaden engineering ‘practitioners to include a registered engineer, engineering technologist, engineering technician and engineering craftsman.’ It emphasises more on engineering practitioners as against ‘engineer.’

“The Act has been remitted in accordance with standard legal procedures. The principal Act establishes the Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria – COREN’ with power vested.

“The amendment now assented to by Mr. President broadens the powers of COREN with far-reaching powers of prosecution of infractions, regulating industrial training of engineers, capacity building of local content in Nigeria engineering industry.

“Specifically, the new law grants COREN powers of: ‘prosecuting any person or firm that contravenes the provisions of this Act in a court of competent jurisdiction; regulating industrial training schemes in engineering practitioners and students; ensuring capacity building and monitoring local content development in the Nigerian engineering industry through – mandatory attachment of Nigerians to expatriate engineers on major projects to understudy them from inception; ensuring that all foreign engineering firms establish their design offices in Nigeria.”

Enang also said the new Act grants “compulsory attestation to all expatriate quota for engineering practitioners, including turnkey project, that there are no qualified and competent Nigerians for the job in question at the time of application and that granting of the expatriate quota shall be contingent on training of such number of persons as may be required for the execution of the job, and; ensuring that, before being allowed to practice in Nigeria, such foreign engineering practitioners granted work permit, register with the council and obtain such licenses as may be required from time to time; investigating engineering failures.’’


He further disclosed that the Act further authorises the admission of some engineering associations into COREN as the umbrella body of all engineers in the country.

Such associations as listed by Enang are: Nigerian Association of Technologists in Engineering, Nigerian Society of Engineering Technicians, and Nigerian Association of Engineering Craftsmen.

According to him, the Act further authorises one person to represent in COREN, the Association for Consulting Engineering in Nigeria, Federation of Construction Industry in Nigeria, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, and Armed Forces in rotation.

“The Council is now entitled to maintain a fund into which shall be paid money appropriated by the National Assembly, subventions, fees, charges for services rendered or publications made, donations, engineering development levy, among others,” Enang added.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/03/22/buhari-signs-bill-stopping-nysc-from-posting-engineering-graduates-to-schools/?amp

If true, then NYSC is no longer national service, but mere internship.

These two are poles apart.

mayprince:
Mandates foreign engineering firms to register with COREN

By Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja assented to Engineers (Registration etc) Amendment Bill, 2019, which among others, bars the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from henceforth, posting graduates of engineering to secondary schools to teach.


The bill which has now become the Act of the National Assembly seeks to promote technological development in Nigeria by ensuring that trained engineers are well positioned to deploy the knowledge acquired in their various fields to the development of technology in the country.

Briefing journalists in the State House, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, said as against the tradition of posting a large number of engineering graduates to schools by NYSC, youth corps members who are graduates of engineering must henceforth be posted only to engineering firms and other institutions that are relevant to their professional fields.

Aside prohibiting such firms from rejecting engineering graduates posted to them, the Act mandates NYSC to immediately communicate the name of any institution where an engineering graduate is posted to, for his/her primary assignment, to the Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).

Enang cited Section 14 (i and ii) of the Act which provides that “The Directorate of the National Youth Service Corps shall ensure posting of graduate engineers and technologists to places of relevant professional engineering experience.

“Pursuant to the provision of subsection (i), the Directorate of National Youth Service Corps shall communicate the location of graduate engineers and engineering technologists to the Council.’’

Furthermore, the Act prohibits any foreign engineering firm from operating in Nigeria without being duly registered in the country by COREN.

It also mandates such a foreign firm to ensure the introduction of local content into the operations of the company by employing Nigerian engineers.


Enang added: “The Act broaden engineering ‘practitioners to include a registered engineer, engineering technologist, engineering technician and engineering craftsman.’ It emphasises more on engineering practitioners as against ‘engineer.’

“The Act has been remitted in accordance with standard legal procedures. The principal Act establishes the Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria – COREN’ with power vested.

“The amendment now assented to by Mr. President broadens the powers of COREN with far-reaching powers of prosecution of infractions, regulating industrial training of engineers, capacity building of local content in Nigeria engineering industry.

“Specifically, the new law grants COREN powers of: ‘prosecuting any person or firm that contravenes the provisions of this Act in a court of competent jurisdiction; regulating industrial training schemes in engineering practitioners and students; ensuring capacity building and monitoring local content development in the Nigerian engineering industry through – mandatory attachment of Nigerians to expatriate engineers on major projects to understudy them from inception; ensuring that all foreign engineering firms establish their design offices in Nigeria.”

Enang also said the new Act grants “compulsory attestation to all expatriate quota for engineering practitioners, including turnkey project, that there are no qualified and competent Nigerians for the job in question at the time of application and that granting of the expatriate quota shall be contingent on training of such number of persons as may be required for the execution of the job, and; ensuring that, before being allowed to practice in Nigeria, such foreign engineering practitioners granted work permit, register with the council and obtain such licenses as may be required from time to time; investigating engineering failures.’’


He further disclosed that the Act further authorises the admission of some engineering associations into COREN as the umbrella body of all engineers in the country.

Such associations as listed by Enang are: Nigerian Association of Technologists in Engineering, Nigerian Society of Engineering Technicians, and Nigerian Association of Engineering Craftsmen.

According to him, the Act further authorises one person to represent in COREN, the Association for Consulting Engineering in Nigeria, Federation of Construction Industry in Nigeria, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, and Armed Forces in rotation.

“The Council is now entitled to maintain a fund into which shall be paid money appropriated by the National Assembly, subventions, fees, charges for services rendered or publications made, donations, engineering development levy, among others,” Enang added.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/03/22/buhari-signs-bill-stopping-nysc-from-posting-engineering-graduates-to-schools/?amp

If this is true, then NYSC has lost its soul; it's essence. Essentially, this will Transform NYSC from National Service to an unstructured glorified internship program. PMB should have known that national service and professional internship are poles apart.

unmask:
If you want to scrap NYSC, scrap it. But signing a bill that defeats the essence of NYSC does a lot more harm than good.

If the govt is so concerned about break in professionalism, what they should work on is Industrial training and not NYSC.

I used to think professionals should be kept in their field, but after teaching in a rural school, I realised the need for corp members to teach.

This bill addresses no issue. it was created on a selfish premise and I am surprised that everyone is lauding it.

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If NYSC has outlived its usefulness, then it should be scrapped once for all.

It's good..Even if longed served at least the future will help the young...

jaybee:
If this is true, then NYSC has lost its soul; it's essence. Essentially, this will Transform NYSC from National Service to an unstructured glorified internship program. PMB should have known that national service and professional internship are poles apart.

then let them post Drs and lawyers to school. Justify your points with the posting of Drs and Lawyers... What happens to the Engrs?

lakesider:
Goat

jihaidist hersdman spoted

Queenara:

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Yes O. . .
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We Wan Chop National Cake Too. . .
Abi Yhu Nah Like Chop Am?

I was posted to primary school in Benue State ( as an Engineering Graduate)

Chi133:
And is now that I have finished serving.

Did you study Engineering? Let me know before I clap for you,say the truth oh

rummmy:
please make una torchlight this question... Same as saying engineers should not be posted to the north...they should increase the no of medical inclined graduate posting to the north as their sickness will increase with Bubu next level.. Sw don't have problem on this, at least there is skull mining engineering companies in every corners of South West

And yet 90% of your lineage have relocated to the South West and the remaining 10% are still hustling for transportation money so as to troop into the South West. Soon only poto poto will be left in erosion ridden mudland of yours.

Younghacka:
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Yes O. . .
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We Wan Chop National Cake Too. . .
Abi Yhu Nah Like Chop Am?

I wan chop too ohh,bikonu
If I no chop,wetin I gain,lol.

We go dey alright

jaybee:
If this is true, then NYSC has lost its soul; it's essence. Essentially, this will Transform NYSC from National Service to an unstructured glorified internship program. PMB should have known that national service and professional internship are poles apart.

All that community and charity stuff is what what CDS is for.

If they allow you to help where you are relevant instead of flinging you into a primary school in the middle of nowhere you will help to drive our failing economy

Queenara:
I wan chop too ohh,bikonu
If I no chop,wetin I gain,lol.

We go dey alright

God Pass Them.
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Are You A Potential Engineer?

Younghacka:
God Pass Them.
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Are You A Potential Engineer?

Yeah. I gather you're too.

Queenara:
Yeah. I gather you're too.

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Yah. . . Petroleum Engr.
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WBU?

[quote author=midnighter post=76899923]Is a petroleum engineer not a specialised chemical engineer? is it not down to the courses you took during university and the project you defended? so how would the government complain? im getting confused lol

Please a Petroleum Engineer is not a specialized Chemical Engineer. You can always use Google!

[quote author=Baddest1 post=76924630][/quote]Thanks

Younghacka:
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Yah. . . Petroleum Engr.
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WBU?

Woww.

Same here

Greatzeus:
And yet 90% of your lineage have relocated to the South West and the remaining 10% are still hustling for transportation money so as to troop into the South West. Soon only poto poto will be left in erosion ridden mudland of yours.

because there are enough skull for ritual... My people are in South West the same way your people rushed to South East.. As for Lagos, it will remain a no man's land till we install eze of Lagos the same way there is emir in ilorin..you can now go and hug a 500,000kva transformer with current.