NIHTE Inaugurates its Abuja Chapter

...Members pledged to uphold and defend Memorandum and Articles of Association

The Nigerian Institution of Highway and Transportation Engineers (NIHTE) has inaugurated its Abuja Chapter with the aim of upholding and defending the Memorandum and Articles of the Association.

At the inauguration  and investiture  ceremony of the new members in Abuja on Wednesday 4th November,  2020 the National Chairman of the Association,  Engineer Oludayo Oluyemi, FNSE said that the Abuja Chapter would assist the Government  of the Federal Capital Territory and the nation in formulating good policies in the area  of Highway and Transportation Engineering, pointing out that their professionalism would come to bear in FCT Highway development.

He said, “The city of Abuja is very important in the history of Engineering in Nigeria and more particularly in the roles our members here have played in NSE and the infrastructural development in Nigeria."

Continuing, he said that the investiture of the Chairman for the NIHTE Abuja Chapter and its Executive would drive the affairs of the Chapter for two calendar years.

He therefore charged the newly constituted EXCO to serve the society with all their might and be fair to all in the discharge their duties.

According to him, the NIHTE division since its formation six years ago, had made tremendous achievements. " We are poised in keying into the new strategic plan and vision of the Nigerian Society of Engineers," he said.

Delivering his Vote of Thanks, the newly inaugurated Chairman of the Abuja Chapter, Engineer Musa Saidu, FNSE pledged and sworn on behalf of other members the to uphold and defend the Memorandum and Articles of Association of NIHTE.

He added that they would conduct their engineering practices with discipline, sincerity and fairness as well as to show interest in the affairs and welfare of their fellow engineers and members.

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