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Mr Mustapha Shehu, National President, Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), on Friday said that the power sector reforms would create employment opportunities for Nigerian Engineers.
Shehu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the ongoing privatisation of the power sector had started opening up a vista of opportunities for Nigerian Engineers.
According to him, the ongoing power sector reforms will affect Nigerian engineers positively, ``because there is a dearth of engineers in the country”.
"Many Nigerians who are qualified engineers will have better opportunities to practise during the post-privatisation era," he said.
Shehu said that qualified engineers would be engaged by new investors in the various power plants and the distribution companies.
"The power sector reform is potentially a huge creator of jobs. If Nigeria is growing at seven per cent without power, with steady power, the growth will double; more businesses will be established and they will employ people.
"Un-bundling means that with private sector investment, there will be more businesses in the upstream and downstream, and this will result in more job creation," the NSE president said.
Shehu said that the association has affirmed its commitment to total eradication of quackery in the engineering profession and practice.
He said that the enforcement of the engineering regulation act and the enlightenment campaign would eliminate quackery in the system.
It is not only in engineering that we have quacks operating; they are everywhere, in journalism, in the judiciary and all other professions. So it will take the collective efforts of all of us to stop them from operating.
"The people should be sensitized on the disadvantages of using quacks, under any guise, and that is why the Nigerian Society of Engineers is seeking partnership with media houses, for this purpose," he said.
Shehu disclosed that the society had set up the Engineering Monitoring Regulation (ERM) committee, to assess engineering works, determining their owners, contractors, consultants, as well as their qualifications and suitability.