The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria ( COREN ) has become a professional signatory of Washington Accord, making Nigeria the second African member of the body.
Washington Accord (WA) signed in 1989, under the International Engineering Alliance, is an international multi-lateral agreement between bodies responsible for accreditation or recognition of tertiary-level engineering qualifications within their jurisdictions who have chosen to work collectively to assist the mobility of professional engineers.
There are currently 21 countries in the WA, including UK, USA, Germany, Canada, Japan, China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Taiwan, Singapore, Hongkong, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Switzerland, South-Africa, etc.
The Accord acknowledges that accreditation of engineering academic programmes is a key foundation for the practice of engineering at the professional level in each of the countries or territories covered by the Accord.
COREN expressed interest in becoming a member of the WA in 2018 and officially submitted its application in 2019, which could not receive the minimum required number of votes from other signatories.
The president of COREN, Engr Sadiq Zubair Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement yesterday.