The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has urged the federal government and the protesters to embrace dialogue as a way of resolving the country’s current challenges.
Prof. Sadiq Abubakar, President of COREN, said this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja, where he announced the council’s 32nd Engineering Assembly earlier scheduled to hold from Aug. 5 to Aug. 7, would now hold from Sept. 2 to Sept. 4. due to the ongoing protests in the country.
Abubakar said the postponement is in the best interest of all stakeholders, considering the situation on ground.
He said the event was shifted by one month so that participants worldwide would know.
The COREN president said it was important that the council did this so as to put some respite to the anxiety and uncertainties.
“I will like to declare that first and foremost, we are Nigerians, before we are engineering practitioners.
“So, under such circumstances, we need to join hands with our leaders as well as the followers to ensure that normalcy returns in our dear country.
“In that wise, COREN is declaring and informing everybody that our 32nd assembly is being shifted from Aug. 5th to 7th to Sept. 2nd to 4th.
“On behalf of the council and the management and all the engineering practitioners in this country, we want to appeal to our brothers and sisters across the country to please listen to the word of wisdom.
“Please promote dialoguing and consensus on issues that bother our country in this very challenging time.”
According to Abubakar, the engineering profession is focused on how to develop the country ,how to enrich her democracy and how to improve the governance in the nation .
“So,we are appealing to both sides to please put heads and wisdom together in resolving this, maybe I may call it normality in democracy, people asking questions and people responding in the most logical and respectable way on both sides.
“We wish our country, our leaders and the followership a very peaceful and quick resolution of this situation and we wish our country the very best,’’ he said.
Abubakar said that although the dates for the assembly were changed, everything including the venues remained the same.
NSE POSTPONES OF ENGINEERING GAMES
In a similar circumstances the Organizing committee of Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE Engineering Games have postponed the event
According to press release jointly signed by Engr. Rose Madaki (Membership Services Board) and Engr. Dr. Okoye Ugochukwu Henry,(National Engineering Games Committee), the postponement is necessitated by the ongoing protest around the country.
The opening ceremony of the 2024 National Engineering Games originally scheduled for 5th August 2024 will now hold on 2nd September,2024.
They said the safety and well-being of all attendees, participants, and organizers were put into consideration.