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Written by Taiwo Adisa Tuesday, 05 July 2011

FORMER Minister of Finance and Managing Director of World Bank, Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Monday completed her security screening preparatory to being named a minister.

It was gathered that the former minister, who has been nominated into the cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan, appeared briefly before the team of operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) after which she also saw the service’s Director-General, Mr Ita Ekpeyong.

Sources said that her appearance was like a mere formality, as her clearance had been concluded even before her appearance at the agency’s office.

A source said that her stay with the operatives lasted barely 10 minutes as she was promptly discharged.

It was gathered that the SSS hierarchy had, after combing Okonjo-Iweala’s files, discovered that there was nothing that should stop her from being confirmed as minister of the Federal Republic.

Okonjo-Iweala was also said to have undergone fingerprint formalities with the police at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Her return to the country and eventual appearance has apparently put a lie to moves by some personalities aimed at dissuading her from serving the government.

Sources had said at the weekend that Okonjo-Iweala had been receiving some threat messages in her United States base and that a former minister had also personally discouraged the former Finance Minister.

Sources said that the plot to stop her from serving as minister was largely based on the fear that her coming would give credibility to the government before the international financial community.

Besides, some businessmen, who believed that her knowledge of the financial sector and the Finance Ministry could undercut their plans, were also said to be behind the plot to dissuade Okonjo-Iweala from serving as minister.

“I can confirm to you that all is set for the Senate to invite Mrs Okonjo-Iweala as a ministerial nominee on Tuesday. On Monday, she appeared before the SSS and she completed her fingerprint formalities at the police. She has no issues with securing security clearance and she has accepted the offer to serve,” a source in the know said.

It was gathered that her brief appearance before the SSS was as a result of what was regarded as clean record of service.

A source said that the security agency had not received a petition against her since she left government in 2007.

It was gathered that the Senate would invite her on Tuesday [today]. A source, however, added that besides inviting her, the Senate could go ahead and screen her the same day.

Said the source: “I think the Senate might break protocol and make her appear for screening tomorrow [today]. She is seen as someone who has paid her dues.”

The names of other seven nominees would also be unveiled alongside Okonjo-Iweala, who is being tipped for a return to the Ministry of Finance.

Jonathan appears to be hell-bent (and rightly so) that the internationalization of  Enugu airport be completed in his regime. Thus, he has reposted an Igbo person to man (or is it woman) the aviation ministry. He knows that once an Igbo is not in charge, it is bye bye to an international airport for Enugu.

Igbos ''hold GEJ for work'', GEJ ''hold Igbos for work''. Smart reciprocity.

However, in appointing such a round peg in a square hole (yes she seems not to be the best fit for the job), GEJ is wrong on this one. He should have looked for a more qualified and fitting Igbo person for the aviation ministry. But I admit that some women have the passion to deliver and to prove a point. As long as she achieves the internationalization of Enugu airport,  and maintain the reduced airplane accidents that her predecessor Nteje (another SE woman) brought about, I am cool with her.

It was hell during the days of Fani Kayode and Babalola Borishade: plane crashes every other day.lol

Oduah-Ogiemwonyi is new aviation minister, Maina heads women affairs
From JULIANA TAIWO, Abuja
Tuesday, July 05, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan
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President Goodluck Jonathan, has approved the assignment of portfolios and deployment of Mrs. Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi (Anambra), to the Ministry of Aviation and Hajiya Zainab Maina is deployed to the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development (Adamawa).

Mrs. Fidelia Njeze-Akuabata was the immediate past minister of aviation while Chief Josephine Anenih was the last minister who headed the women affairs and social development ministry.

Their posting was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim.
The two ministers were among the 14 ministerial nominees cleared by the Senate last week and sworn-in by the president on Saturday, July 2, 2011.

It could be recalled that soon after the swearing-in of the ministers, the president directed 12 of them who were re-appointed to revert to their former ministries.
President had also ordered the ministers to hit the ground running, saying they had lost a month already since his inauguration on May 29.
The Senate is expected to screen more ministers today and President Jonathan has promised to swear them in immediately and assign portfolios

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/july/05/national-05-07-2011-005.html

Amuzie

Stealing in anticipation. Typical Naija politician for sure

Kobojunkie;

How come you are not similarly commenting here? https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-704046.0.html. Or is Lagos/Fasola a no-go area for your warped ideologies?

From available info on NSE website, it does not take much to become an NSE member; if Nnaji registers today, will you change your mind?

Amalaaba:
If you are not professionally registered as a Doctor you are something else!
If you are not professionally registered as a Lawyer you are something else!
If you are not professionally registered as an Engineer you are something else!

Even a registered Professional in Country A needs to re-affirm is Certification in Country B if he wants to practice.

No matter how much you want to vilify the Nigerian Engineers, we are are a reflection of the society. We can only do so much to the extent of the challenge we get.

We ignorantly give all the big projects to foreigners and expect magic! Many American projects worth Billions fail yearly but they don't fail to give new projects to their Engineers.

By the way, you need to be registered by COREN to attach the appellation: ENGR.

I support my President (NSE).

Do you need NSE accreditation to be a minister in Nigeria? Is that part of the deal?
How come this man is already practicing engineering in Nigeria with his Geometric power company, only for your NSE to begin to raise dust now?

Nnaji is a fellow of SME
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) is the world's leading professional society advancing manufacturing knowledge and influencing more than half a million manufacturing practitioners annually.

Through its local chapters, technical communities, publications, expositions and professional development resources, SME promotes an increased awareness of manufacturing engineering and keeps manufacturing professionals up to date on leading trends and technologies. Headquartered in Michigan, the Society has members in more than 70 countries and represents manufacturing practitioners across all industries.

http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/getsmepg.pl?/new-sme.html&&&SME&

Educational Requirements for Engineers: http://careerplanning.about.com/od/occupations/p/engineer.htm
To get an entry-level engineering job, one usually needs a bachelor's degree in engineering. Sometimes a bachelor's degree in physical science or mathematics may suffice, especially in high-demand specialties. Generally engineering students specialize in a particular branch of engineering but may eventually work in a related branch.

dustydee:
none of these makes you an engineer. To be called an engineer, you must be registered with the appropriate engineering body in Nigeria.

''He was Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1983-1996); Alcoa Foundation Professor of Engineering at University of Pittsburgh (1996-2002); William Kepler Whiteford Professor of Engineering, and Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for e-Design (2002- Present) – a multi-campus NSF Center of Excellence consortium of the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Central Florida, Virginia Tech, and University of Massachusetts Amherst and member of organizations; Department of Defense, Boeing, Kodak, GE, IBM, Ford Motor Company, Alcoa, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon, BAE, ANSYS, and Lockheed Martin. He has served as principal or co-principal investigator on over $40 million research sponsored by the NSF, NATO, Department of Defense, and many companies. He has published 5 books and over 100 technical articles. His book, Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Engineering, won the 1994 world best text book prize for Manufacturing Engineering. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Design and Manufacturing and has served as Editor of many professional journals. He has served as Chairman of many conferences including the World Conference on Robotics Research (1991); the UN Institute for Training and Research Workshop for diplomats from various parts of the world at the UN headquarters on debt and financial management for developing countries (2001 and 2002).

He has received numerous awards: Honorary Doctor of Science from the Federal University of Technology, Yola; Honorary Doctor of Technology from Enugu State University of Science and Technology; Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; 1988 O[b]utstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award by the Society of Manufacturing Engineering;[/b] 1992 Outstanding Young Industrial Engineer Award; [/b]Fellow of Nigerian Academy of Science; [b]Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Fellow of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers; the U.S. Secretary of State's Distinguished Public Service Award (1995); Distinguished Scientist Award by the World Bank – IMF Africa Group (October 1998); the national honor – Commander of the Order of Niger by Nigerian Head of State (January 1999); the national honor – Officer of the Order of Niger by Nigerian President (November 16, 2000); the ARCO Excellence in Science & Technology Award (2001); Baker Distinguished Research Award (the highest research award given by the IIE) (May 2001); and the 2004 Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) – Nigeria’s highest intellectual merit award.''

But at least he is an engineer in the US? And the US is by far (too far) greater than Nigeria in engineering. What has the NSE got to show for their so-called NSE?. You don't get engineering awards if you are not considered an engineer; yes, no?

afam4eva:
There are so many qualified people of Nigerian extraction in the US and other parts of the world.

These men are different because they have both the theoretical and applied knowledge of their calling, in addition to administrative experience.
Nwangwu was actually a presidential aspirant in the last election.

maxsiollun:
Colonel William Walbe (one of the officers that led Aguiyi-Ironsi and Fajuyi to their death) has died.

He will be rotting in hell soon. If he was 68 at death, it means he became a murderer or accessory to murder, at 23, in 1966.

enyojo:
3) ODEIN AJIMOGOBIA
This is the finest and most diplomatic Nigerian Minister of Forign Affairs in our history.
For now, it is not clear if he will return in this cabinet.
We keep our fingers crossed ><

You are right. The man is a rare specimen in a maddening crowd. I hear he will become Naija ambasasor to the UN

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Prof Peter Nwangwu

Nigerian Prof. appointed vice president of international education agency



The International Accreditation Organization, IAO, a United States based worldwide education accreditation agency has appointed a world renown educator, Prof. Peter Uchenna Nwangwu, as its honorary Vice President.


The agency works with educational institutions and governments worldwide to raise the standard and quality of education, and gives international accreditation to secondary and tertiary educational institutions around the world who have attained their stringent high quality education standard.

Nwangwu who lived a professional life in the United States for 34 years before returning to Nigeria, recently, is the President and Chief Executive officer of the University of Nigeria Research and Economic Development, UNRED, foundation.

According to Dr. Brad Walters of the world quality education accreditation agency, Professor Nwangwu was chosen for his international reputation, integrity, intelligence, character history, and compelling record of inventions and significant contributions to medical and pharmaceutical education on a global scale.

As honourary Vice President of the IAO,Professor Nwangwu, can live in Nigeria, and continue with his professional job in Nigeria, but will contribute to and significantly influence policies and programs of the organization worldwide.

Nwangwu noted that his appointment will help in the development of education in Nigeria and the present administration to work with the world body to transform the education system in Nigeria to meet world quality standards, and receive good international accreditation.

It should be noted that no Nigerian university has been able to rank or come in within the top 6,000 universities in the world, in the current ranking of universities worldwide .

Along with Haakeem Olajuwon and Phillip Emeagwali, Nwangwu was among the twelve Nigerians who were selected and documented as Nigerians who have made the greatest positive impact and contributions to the American society in reference book "The Nigerian-Americans", published in America by Greenwood Press, authoured by Professor Ogbaa.

More on Prof Nwangwu here

http://elections.punchng.com/parties/candidates/id/3/name/peter-uchenna-nwangwu/
http://www.nwangwu.com/
http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?id=418&lang=en

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More here http://www.thisdayonline.com/

Professor Dickson Ozokwelu, is a Nigerian-born, United States-based chemical engineer and energy expert. Currently a staff of the US Department of Energy(DOE), Ozokwelu is passionate about getting Nigeria's energy crisis resolved. In this online interview with THISDAY, he discusses issues related to how to achieve enduring stability in the power supply sector and the net impact of this on the country's development in general.

Excerpt

Sir, you are specialized in the area of energy production and its efficient use. Though you are resident in the United States, you have made periodic intervention in Nigeria's search for stable power supply. Please, tell us more about your work in the energy generation and consumption sector?

Although, I haveknowledge of fossil based power generation technologies, my expertise and experience are primarily in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

Overall, I have 35+ years of diversified engineering and management experience, spread almost evenly between entrepreneurship, government, industry and academia. For the past 11 years, I have been at US Department of Energy (US DOE) as the Lead Technology Manager for the Chemicals Portfolio in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In this position, I play significant roles in reshaping the US government’s energy policy as well as developing and deploying energy- efficient and renewable energy technologies in key manufacturing industries in the United States, including Chemicals, Petroleum Refining and Pulp and Paper Industries.

By virtue of my position at United States Department of Energy (US DOE), I have developed expertise in national energy policies and various energy technologies, especially energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, including solar electric, solar thermal, wind, and micro hydropower. Subsequently, I have built up extensive international and US network and contacts, especially in US Energy, Chemicals, Petroleum Refining, Pulp and Paper and Power industries. As a result of my work at US DOE, I have received invitations to international speaking engagements on the subject of the similarities of technologies for industrial energy savings and pollution abatement from such organizations like The World Bank, International Flames and Retardants Conference, Birmingham UK, et cetera.

Most recently, I was the invited key note speaker at the Nigerian Society for Chemical Engineer’s (NSChE’s) 40th annual International Conference on: Harnessing and Optimizing Nigeria’s Energy Resources in the next decade (2010-2020), in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, November 18-21, 2010.

In addition to my activities at US DOE, I am the Director and Founder of BESTECH ENERGY CORPORATION @www.bestechenergy.com<http://www.bestechenergy.com>, a US based company with a worldwide mission to provide the highest quality of Modular Integrated Green Energy Solutions (MIGES) to both advanced and developing countries. BESTECH ENERGY has done installations in the US and Nigeria.

The latest one is an automatically operated 2kW off grid Solar System in Abuja Nigeria powering among other things the most efficient heat pump air conditioners in the world today with 538 watts maximum energy consumption for a 1 ton unit! I have also sent energy policy recommendations to both the Obasanjo and Yar’Adua administrations. BestechEnergy heat pump was recently accepted by the US government’s Energy Star Program as an Energy Star Air Source Heat Pump.

In a total of over 10 years prior to my career at US DOE, I held several technical and managerial positions in the US chemical industry and about 2 years in Nigeria for one or two Nigerian manufacturing companies. I was Engineering Associate (2nd to the highest rank in technical ladder) at BP North America, formerly BP-Amoco and Senior Research Chemical Engineer at Eastman Chemicals Company.

Prior to getting involved in power technologies, I had gained global recognition (US and abroad) as an expert in separations technology and won the OIT-DOE First Technology Vision 2020 Award for the Chemical Industry in Separations.

Prior to my US industrial experience, I had about 10 years of university teaching in both US (Oklahoma State University, Christian Brothers University, Memphis Tennessee, and Prairie View A&M University, Texas) and Nigeria (University of Benin).

seanet02:
You need to start crying because you will be disappointed when your rookie economist failed to make the list, we are talking of Real Economist not theoretical economists that destroy the world economy with their/her cluelessness!

Let's wait and see. It is a matter of days and we see who be master between Aganga and Ngozi. This time woman go beat man.lol

So let's praise GEJ for this accomplishment barely one month after taking office. He gave the order that is now being implemented.
Other cement makers will have no choice than to toe this line, or they get run out of business by Dangote cheap cement.

Plot against Okonjo-Iweala thickens *gets threat text messages from Nigeria

Written by Taiwo Adisa, Abuja
Sunday, July 3, 2011

A fresh plot aimed at stopping the nomination of the Managing Director of the World Bank, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from being nominated as minister of the Federal Republic has been flagged off in Abuja.



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Top level sources in the polity told Sunday Tribune that a plot was flagged off late last week following the meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and Okonjo-Iweala in Abuja, where the woman agreed to work as a Minister of the Federal Republic.

"Some faceless people (mostly opposition political figures) are parading Abuja with a plan to stop the nomination of Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala. They are lobbying some well known political figures on why Iweala should not be nominated as Minister," a source said, adding that some of those involved also include a team of businessmen who are afraid her appointment could hamper their businesses.

The source further said: "There are those who are doing this for commercial reasons, patronage or business. Some of them are afraid that her hot knife could slice off their usual butter. It is a serious matter."

It was gathered that when reports of Iweala's meeting with President Jonathan became public knowledge last week, those behind the plot intensified their lobbying and that they also started sending threatening text messages to her in the United States.

"They also started sending such threat messages to her people. The simple political reason for all that is their fear that her appointment will be of a great advantage to government of President Jonathan," the source said.

A former Minister, who is said to be strongly opposed to Iweala's coming into the cabinet was said to be coordinating the plot against her at the weekend.

Meanwhile, it was learnt that Iweala's name may be sent to the National Assembly on Monday, even without a formal security report. Sources said that though the security agencies were still expecting her name at the weekend, the top echelon of the agencies have confirmed to the government that they were yet to receive a petition against her since she left office in 2007.

A source said that such information confirmation could facilitate the sending of her name directly to the Senate for screening and confirmation.

http://odili.net/news/source/2011/jul/3/632.html

This cabinet is packed with lots of technocrats. I wish them good luck in trying to turn naija around.

4. ASSOCIATE
A person seeking election, as an Associate of the Society shall posses an academic qualification at the level of a university degree in the sciences allied to engineering science, or the qualifications approved by the Council of the Society. In addition, he shall have been engaged on work related to the practice of engineering for a minimum period of 5 years.

5. REQUIREMENTS/CONDITIONS FOR FELLOWSHIP AWARD BY THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS
� All candidates must have been corporate members of the Society for 10 years in addition to what we have in the Memorandum and Articles of Association of NSE.

� All HND holders must have additional academic qualification(s) before Fellowship.

� All referees must be financial members of the Society and their reference letters must be received before the consideration of the candidate�s application.

� Only the President can waive this option.

� Must have attended at least 5 AGMs in the last ten years prior to the year of application.

- Must have written and presented four (4) Technical/Management papers at NSE and or any other fora acceptable to the Board of Fellows. All papers must have been presented in the last 10 years.

� Must have worked on some outstanding projects (that stand out from the ordinary).

� Attended the yearly refresher Engineering Courses/Workshops to make him or her current on engineering practice and not with obsolete knowledge � must show evidence of this in the application form.

� Must be active in his or her Branch and Division activities.

� Financial status must be consistent. There must be evidence of consistency in the payment of dues to NSE in the last 5 years.

(a) PROCESSING FEES
The processing fees for the two categories of Fellowship had been reviewed upwards as follows:

i) By invitation - the Council had approved N1.5m for applicants by invitation. The intention was to limit the number of applicants for this category and encourage applicants by application.

ii) By application - the Council also approved N50,000 for this category of applicants.

6. HONORARY FELLOW
The Council of the Society may at its discretion elect distinguished persons to Honorary Fellowship. Such persons, though not necessarily engineers, would normally have used their positions to render notable assistance to the practice of engineering science.

NOTE:

All Forms are downloadable on our website: www.nse.org.ng. To download, Click on Download link and click on appropriate form.

Are you intending to register with the NSE?

Looks like Dora will make a comeback, one way or another.

What will happen to Aganga from '''Lagos State'''?
Will he become deputy minister to the almighty amazon, Ngozi? Demotion? I dey laugh oh!!!

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/11319-okonjo-iweala-omobola-duke-pepple-in-last-eight.html

Okonjo-Iweala, Omobola, Duke, Pepple in last eight
By Yusuf Alli 1 hour ago


Barely 48 hours after returning from the African Union (AU) meeting in Equatorial Guinea, President Goodluck Jonathan has closed consultations on his cabinet.

He has sent the names of his last nominees to security agencies for screening before presenting them to the Senate tomorrow.

Besides, there were strong indications yesterday that the return of 12 ministers to their old portfolios is temporary.

The President may reshuffle portfolios after he has fully constituted his cabinet, a source said.

Since the President returned from the AU meeting till early yesterday, he had been holding meetings on the last eight ministerial nominees.

Jonathan had earlier sent a list of 34 to the Senate, leaving out the “controversial” eight.

The battle for the last eight was hot in Kaduna, Ondo, Cross River and Plateau states as well as the four geopolitical zones.

The geopolitical zones are the Southsouth, the Southeast, the Northwest and the Northeast.

Some of the nominees are a former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Ms Amal Pepple (Rivers, Southsouth), a former spokesman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Chief Edem Duke (Cross River), Nurudeen Mohammed (Northwest), a former member of the Presidential Advisory Council, Mrs.  Omobola Johnson (Ondo), ex-Petroleum Techonology Development Fund (PTDF) Executive Secretary Yusuf Hamisu Mai Rago (Kaduna), a Managing Director of the World Bank, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Southeast) and Mrs. Sarah Reng Ochepe (Plateau), who is a former Chairperson of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).

A Presidency source said: “The pressure was much on the President, but he decided to exercise the prerogative powers conferred on him by the constitution.

“At least, six more names were sent to the State Security Service (SSS) and other agencies by the President on Saturday.

“The last batch of nominees will get to the Senate on Tuesday.”

The President picked the Southsouth nominee from Rivers State, following a strong case made by Governor Rotimi Amaechi.

“By implication, the President has turned down the agitation of the zonal slot for Delta State by Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark,” the source said, adding:

“But, in order not to hurt Chief Clark, the President was also careful in ignoring any of the candidates recommended by the governor. We learnt Amaechi had wanted his Chief of Staff, Nelson Nwike.

“What is important is that Amaechi succeeded in securing Southsouth ticket for Rivers State.”

“According to the source, the Ondo slot went to Mrs. Omobola Johnson, daughter of Chief Bayo Akinnola, who he described as “a committed leader of the PDP since 1999 who has never benefited from the party”.

“The President bowed to the demand of Governor Jonah Jang by approving the nomination of Mrs. Sarah Reng Ochepe (Plateau), who is a former Chairperson of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).

“Although Mrs. Sarah is a Berom, like the governor, the choice of the nominee led to the dropping of Dr. Jonah Madugu and ex-Minister Josephine Tapgun, earlier recommended.

“In Kaduna, the godson of the Vice-President, Yusuf Hamisu Mai Rago, is retained as the state’s nominee. But the state lost the battle to take the slot meant for the Northwest, which has gone to Nurudeen Mohammed from Jigawa State.”

Responding to a question, the source added: “The President has plans in his team for ex-Minister of Information Prof. Dora Akunyili, ex-Defence Minister, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode(SAN), ex-Deputy Governor Ada Okwuonu, ex-NDDC Chairman Chief Onyema Ugochukwu, ex-Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Josephine Anenih and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs,  Odein Ajumogobia (SAN).

“He will unfold these plans in the next one or two weeks.”

On why the President returned the 12 re-nominated ministers to their portfolios, the presidency source said: “It is temporary”.

“Once the President gets the cabinet in place, he will reshuffle all the portfolios. What he did on Saturday was an interim measure to keep the government machinery running.”

Concerning the jettisoning of a Government of National Unity (GNU) earlier proposed by the President, the source said: “The idea was foreclosed based on legal advice since the Congress for Progressive Change is still pursuing its case before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.

“Counsel to the President advised him to be careful about the GNU matter because the CPC can raise issue at the tribunal on why he opted for GNU if the April presidential poll was free and fair.

“So the Legal advice given to the President was that he should be wary of technicalities that could be raised before the tribunal.”

The National Association of Yoruba Students (NAYOS), Lagos State chapter, yesterday said a former Minister of Finance, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, is a bonafide citizen of the state.

The President of the association, Comrade Adamson Oluwatosin Ayinde, issued a statement, saying: “So, the orchestration that Aganga is not from Lagos can only be a negative move which we know will fail. He is a bonafide Lagosian, there should not be any controversy about this. 

“He has so far done his best for the PDP in Lagos State and we thank Mr. President for nominating him again. We also appeal to the National Assembly to clear him on behalf of the youths in Lagos State. The Yoruba must not be denied the position in the economic team as we lost out in the contest for House of Representatives’ Speaker not too long ago. We want our brothers and sisters to think the way we are doing. This is another opportunity for us which we must embrace.

MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS http://www.nse.org.ng/index2.php?page=member
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.

Application Method
Download form from www.nse.org.ng,  fill and pay the sum of One hundred naira (#100) at the point of submission. Form can be submitted through your local NSE students chapter in your institution or NSE headquarters, Abuja. The sum of Five hundred naira (#500) is paid annully.

2.         GRADUATE MEMBER
A person seeking admission to Graduate Membership shall possess an academic qualification acceptable to the Council of the Society and registrable by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) under the provisions of the Engineering Registration Decree (No.55) of 1970 or such amendments thereof.  Post-qualification practical experience shall not be a requirement for entry into this class.  HND holders are not registrable

Application Method
This Grade of membership is for students of (Engineering) who have graduated from various institutions of higher learning. The form is to be submitted with the sum of Five hundred naira (#500) while the annual subscription fee is One thousand naira (#1000).

3. CORPORATE MEMBER
CANDIDATES ARE GROUPED INTO VARIOUS CATEGORIES THUS:

A1 Candidates who are holders of the Bachelor's degree in Engineering whose institutions' programmes are accredited by COREN and with such candidates having been registered by COREN as professional Engineers.

A2 Candidates who are already Corporate Members of Engineering Institutions (licensed as Professional Chartered or Registered Engineers) recognized by COREN.

B1 Candidates who are holders of the Bachelor's degree in Engineering whose qualifications are accredited by COREN or any overseas accreditation board recognised by COREN. Such candidates must have acquired a minimum of 4 years post-qualification experience.

B2 Candidates who are graduates of unaccredited Engineering courses from Nigerian Universities and had acquired a minimum of 6 years post-graduation experience in the practice of Engineering. Such candidates must have graduated not later than 1991.

B3 Candidates who obtained HND in Engineering from approved institution and have successfully completed the NSE Graduateship Examinations and have had additional 2 years of engineering practice. However, those with up to 15 years post HND experience will not be required to wait for 2 years.

B4 Candidates who have obtained HND in Engineering before proceeding to do an accredited Master's programme or post Higher National Diploma in Engineering in addition to a minimum of six (6) years post HND experience; plus.

(a) Minimum of 2 years post bridging qualification from accredited Nigerian University/Faculties/Bodies.

(b) Minimum of 4 years post-bridging qualification from unaccredited Nigerian Universities/Faculties not later than 1991. Membership Committee shall ascertain that the Master's programme or post Higher National Diploma programme has adequately corrected the deficiencies inherent in the earlier programme.

B5 Candidates who are graduates in the sciences with post graduate qualifications in Engineering accredited by COREN and have been working in Engineering related fields?

C1 Candidates who are holders of correct and adequate basic academic qualifications by COREN Standards and Regulations who are 40 years and above. Such candidates as at the time of application must have a minimum of 10 years post-qualification experience. The candidates must appear in person.

C2 Candidates who are holders of correct and adequate basic academic qualifications by COREN Standards and Regulations and are top executives in Government parastatals or Industries etc who are not only 45 years and above with respect of age, but who, as at the time of application have minimum of 15 years post qualification experience. They may be accorded Presidential interview on the recommendation of the Membership Committee. The candidates need not appear for interview.

Application Method
Download the Membership Form and submit it with the sum of One thousand naira. After the submission of form and subsequent acceptance, Professional Interview will be conducted for the candidates. The sum of twenty thousand naira (#20,000) is paid by candidate as processing fees for the interview.
HND students are expected to sit for a pre-qualification exam (Graduateship Exam) before the general interview.

Who is the NSE president. May we see his vita?


''President


Engr. Chief Olumuyiwa Alade Ajibola is the 27th President of the Society, Fellow of the Society and a winner of many distinguished awards for service to the Society. He was two-time Vice-President, Deputy President and member of Council.

The President has put in over 40 years in the practice of engineering as a construction works supervisor, project manager and consultant.

He was inaugurated at a colourful investiture ceremony on the 16th of January 2010 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.''

http://www.nse.org.ng/index2.php?page=president

Is this here introduction not to scant to be posted on the NSE website for their president? Or does he not have much to show?
So much for NSE. My foot!!!!!

MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS
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.

Application Method
Download form from www.nse.org.ng, fill and pay the sum of One hundred naira (#100) at the point of submission. Form can be submitted through your local NSE students chapter in your institution or NSE headquarters, Abuja. The sum of Five hundred naira (#500) is paid annully.

2. GRADUATE MEMBER
A person seeking admission to Graduate Membership shall possess an academic qualification acceptable to the Council of the Society and registrable by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) under the provisions of the Engineering Registration Decree (No.55) of 1970 or such amendments thereof. Post-qualification practical experience shall not be a requirement for entry into this class. HND holders are not registrable

Application Method
This Grade of membership is for students of (Engineering) who have graduated from various institutions of higher learning. The form is to be submitted with the sum of Five hundred naira (#500) while the annual subscription fee is One thousand naira (#1000).

3. CORPORATE MEMBER
CANDIDATES ARE GROUPED INTO VARIOUS CATEGORIES THUS:

A1 Candidates who are holders of the Bachelor's degree in Engineering whose institutions' programmes are accredited by COREN and with such candidates having been registered by COREN as professional Engineers.

A2 Candidates who are already Corporate Members of Engineering Institutions (licensed as Professional Chartered or Registered Engineers) recognized by COREN.

B1 Candidates who are holders of the Bachelor's degree in Engineering whose qualifications are accredited by COREN or any overseas accreditation board recognised by COREN. Such candidates must have acquired a minimum of 4 years post-qualification experience.

B2 Candidates who are graduates of unaccredited Engineering courses from Nigerian Universities and had acquired a minimum of 6 years post-graduation experience in the practice of Engineering. Such candidates must have graduated not later than 1991.

B3 Candidates who obtained HND in Engineering from approved institution and have successfully completed the NSE Graduateship Examinations and have had additional 2 years of engineering practice. However, those with up to 15 years post HND experience will not be required to wait for 2 years.

B4 Candidates who have obtained HND in Engineering before proceeding to do an accredited Master's programme or post Higher National Diploma in Engineering in addition to a minimum of six (6) years post HND experience; plus.

(a) Minimum of 2 years post bridging qualification from accredited Nigerian University/Faculties/Bodies.

(b) Minimum of 4 years post-bridging qualification from unaccredited Nigerian Universities/Faculties not later than 1991. Membership Committee shall ascertain that the Master's programme or post Higher National Diploma programme has adequately corrected the deficiencies inherent in the earlier programme.

B5 Candidates who are graduates in the sciences with post graduate qualifications in Engineering accredited by COREN and have been working in Engineering related fields?

C1 Candidates who are holders of correct and adequate basic academic qualifications by COREN Standards and Regulations who are 40 years and above. Such candidates as at the time of application must have a minimum of 10 years post-qualification experience. The candidates must appear in person.

C2 Candidates who are holders of correct and adequate basic academic qualifications by COREN Standards and Regulations and are top executives in Government parastatals or Industries etc who are not only 45 years and above with respect of age, but who, as at the time of application have minimum of 15 years post qualification experience. They may be accorded Presidential interview on the recommendation of the Membership Committee. The candidates need not appear for interview.

Application Method
Download the Membership Form and submit it with the sum of One thousand naira. After the submission of form and subsequent acceptance, Professional Interview will be conducted for the candidates. The sum of twenty thousand naira (#20,000) is paid by candidate as processing fees for the interview.
HND students are expected to sit for a pre-qualification exam (Graduateship Exam) before the general interview.


4. ASSOCIATE
A person seeking election, as an Associate of the Society shall posses an academic qualification at the level of a university degree in the sciences allied to engineering science, or the qualifications approved by the Council of the Society. In addition, he shall have been engaged on work related to the practice of engineering for a minimum period of 5 years.

5. REQUIREMENTS/CONDITIONS FOR FELLOWSHIP AWARD BY THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS
� All candidates must have been corporate members of the Society for 10 years in addition to what we have in the Memorandum and Articles of Association of NSE.

� All HND holders must have additional academic qualification(s) before Fellowship.

� All referees must be financial members of the Society and their reference letters must be received before the consideration of the candidate�s application.

� Only the President can waive this option.

� Must have attended at least 5 AGMs in the last ten years prior to the year of application.

- Must have written and presented four (4) Technical/Management papers at NSE and or any other fora acceptable to the Board of Fellows. All papers must have been presented in the last 10 years.

� Must have worked on some outstanding projects (that stand out from the ordinary).

� Attended the yearly refresher Engineering Courses/Workshops to make him or her current on engineering practice and not with obsolete knowledge � must show evidence of this in the application form.

� Must be active in his or her Branch and Division activities.

� Financial status must be consistent. There must be evidence of consistency in the payment of dues to NSE in the last 5 years.

(a) PROCESSING FEES
The processing fees for the two categories of Fellowship had been reviewed upwards as follows:

i) By invitation - the Council had approved N1.5m for applicants by invitation. The intention was to limit the number of applicants for this category and encourage applicants by application.

ii) By application - the Council also approved N50,000 for this category of applicants.

6. HONORARY FELLOW
The Council of the Society may at its discretion elect distinguished persons to Honorary Fellowship. Such persons, though not necessarily engineers, would normally have used their positions to render notable assistance to the practice of engineering science.

NOTE:

All Forms are downloadable on our website: www.nse.org.ng. To download, Click on Download link and click on appropriate form.

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Professor Bart Nnaji is the Chairman/CEO of Geometric Power Limited (GPL) - the first indigenously owned private sector power company in Nigeria. Nnaji led the group that financed, designed and built a power plant in Abuja supplying electricity to the Nigerian Electric Power Authority. He served as Federal Minister of Science and Technology of Nigeria in 1993. Prior to his appointment, the Ministry was abolished. He therefore created what is now the modern Federal Ministry of Science and Technology in Nigeria.

He was Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1983-1996); Alcoa Foundation Professor of Engineering at University of Pittsburgh (1996-2002); William Kepler Whiteford Professor of Engineering, and Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for e-Design (2002- Present) – a multi-campus NSF Center of Excellence consortium of the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Central Florida, Virginia Tech, and University of Massachusetts Amherst and member of organizations; Department of Defense, Boeing, Kodak, GE, IBM, Ford Motor Company, Alcoa, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon, BAE, ANSYS, and Lockheed Martin. He has served as principal or co-principal investigator on over $40 million research sponsored by the NSF, NATO, Department of Defense, and many companies. He has published 5 books and over 100 technical articles. His book, Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Engineering, won the 1994 world best text book prize for Manufacturing Engineering. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Design and Manufacturing and has served as Editor of many professional journals. He has served as Chairman of many conferences including the World Conference on Robotics Research (1991); the UN Institute for Training and Research Workshop for diplomats from various parts of the world at the UN headquarters on debt and financial management for developing countries (2001 and 2002).

He has received numerous awards: Honorary Doctor of Science from the Federal University of Technology, Yola; Honorary Doctor of Technology from Enugu State University of Science and Technology; Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; 1988 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award by the Society of Manufacturing Engineering; 1992 Outstanding Young Industrial Engineer Award; Fellow of Nigerian Academy of Science; Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Fellow of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers; the U.S. Secretary of State's Distinguished Public Service Award (1995); Distinguished Scientist Award by the World Bank – IMF Africa Group (October 1998); the national honor – Commander of the Order of Niger by Nigerian Head of State (January 1999); the national honor – Officer of the Order of Niger by Nigerian President (November 16, 2000); the ARCO Excellence in Science & Technology Award (2001); Baker Distinguished Research Award (the highest research award given by the IIE) (May 2001); and the 2004 Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) – Nigeria’s highest intellectual merit award.

Professor Nnaji has a B.S. in Physics from St. John's University with distinction; an M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, and obtained a certificate of Postdoctoral studies in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics from MIT.


I do not know how any NSE blah!! blah!! blah!! wants to compare to this vita here. Jealousy. The same NSE under whose watch houses keeping falling all over Nigeria. Yeye dey boom. Many of you are not fit to tie the man's academic, technological and engineering shoe lace.