By Precious Akutamadu
The Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (NIEEE) has urged engineers to implement skilled requirements and reject unsafe practices to guard lives and infrastructure
NIEEE President, Dr Felix Adeboye, made the decision at an occasion organised by the affiliation to commemorate the 2026 World Standards Day in Port Harcourt on Monday.
Adeboye pressured the necessity for strict regulatory compliance and steady skilled improvement, including that engineers occupied a place of public belief.
He mentioned their duties prolonged past technical competence to incorporate integrity and accountability, urging them to reject substandard practices that might endanger lives.
He urged Nigeria and different African nations to maneuver past consuming worldwide requirements and take part actively of their improvement and implementation.
He mentioned Nigerian engineers, researchers, industries, and universities ought to contribute to nationwide and worldwide normal setting processes to make sure that native circumstances and developmental priorities had been represented.
Adeboye known as for stronger collaboration amongst governments, regulators, requirements organisations, academia, and industries to enhance compliance and put together engineers for rising applied sciences.
The NIEEE president mentioned requirements had been important for guiding innovation and safeguarding society as engineering programs grew to become more and more digital, interconnected, and sustainable.
The Chairman of the event, Mr Giandomenico Massari, warned that chopping corners in engineering may trigger infrastructure failure, monetary losses, and lack of lives.
Massari urged engineers to adjust to permitted designs and established requirements whereas bettering their data and expertise to fulfill evolving skilled calls for.
He additionally highlighted the rising function of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in engineering, noting that its use required correct human supervision to forestall errors and deceptive outcomes.
He inspired Nigerians to patronise regionally manufactured electrical cables and different high quality engineering supplies to advertise industrial development, create jobs, and strengthen the economic system.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) mentioned it was reviewing the nationwide grid code to accommodate renewable power, distributed power assets, and digital energy crops.
Mr Joseph John, the keynote speaker who represented NERC, mentioned the overview would align the code with the Electricity Act 2023 and deal with rising applied sciences within the electrical energy sector.
He mentioned the overview would make clear the features of the Nigerian Independent System Operator and different sector operators whereas strengthening grid safety, transmission entry, and real-time monitoring.
John added that grid stability trusted efficient management of frequency, voltage, and part angle, alongside a stability between electrical energy technology and provide.
Similarly, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Aminu Maida, known as for stronger collaboration amongst telecommunications, energy, and engineering stakeholders to guard vital infrastructure and enhance digital companies.
Maida, represented by Mr Joseph Emeshili, Head of Spectrum Planning on the NCC, mentioned standardisation was important for community safety, tools compatibility, interoperability, and high quality service supply.
He mentioned the NCC’s Type Approval Process ensured that telecommunications gadgets met established technical and security necessities earlier than deployment in Nigeria.
Maida urged authorities companies, engineers, and building corporations to guard telecommunications cables and services from harm throughout highway building.
He mentioned rising applied sciences, together with the Internet of Things (IoT) and fifth-generation (5G) networks, supplied alternatives to enhance infrastructure monitoring and digital companies.
NAN stories that the occasion featured the presentation of an award to the chairman of the event and certificates of appreciation to presenters from engineering and regulatory organisations. (NAN) www.nannews.ng
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Edited by Grace Alegba
