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 harassed the necessity for strict regulatory compliance and steady skilled growth, including that engineers occupied a place of public belief.
He mentioned their obligations prolonged past technical competence to incorporate integrity and accountability, urging them to reject substandard practices that would endanger lives.
He urged Nigeria and different African international locations to maneuver past consuming worldwide requirements and take part actively of their growth 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 have 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 have been important for guiding innovation and safeguarding society as engineering methods grew to become more and more digital, interconnected, and sustainable.
The Chairman of the event, Mr Giandomenico Massari, warned that reducing corners in engineering might trigger infrastructure failure, monetary losses, and lack of lives.
Massari urged engineers to adjust to accredited designs and established requirements whereas bettering their information and expertise to satisfy evolving skilled calls for.
He additionally highlighted the rising position of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in engineering, noting that its use required correct human supervision to stop errors and deceptive outcomes.
He inspired Nigerians to patronise domestically 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 vitality, distributed vitality sources, and digital energy vegetation.
Mr Joseph John, the keynote speaker who represented NERC, mentioned the evaluate would align the code with the Electricity Act 2023 and handle rising applied sciences within the electrical energy sector.
He mentioned the evaluate 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 relied on efficient management of frequency, voltage, and part angle, alongside a steadiness between electrical energy era 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 important 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 units met established technical and security necessities earlier than deployment in Nigeria.
Maida urged authorities companies, engineers, and building corporations to guard telecommunications cables and amenities from injury 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 studies 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
