By Nsan Ndoma-Neji, Calabar
Chairperson, Kenyan Women Engineers Committee, Nairobi, Engr. Jennifer Gache, has called for the inclusion of engineers in Nigeria’s policy formulation process to assist the sector attains rapid development.
Gache made the call at the dinner party organized by the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria, APWEN, to play host to women engineers in the continent of Africa in Calabar yesterday.
Gache who spoke on the theme ‘Engineers Innovation and Energy Security for Sustainable Future,’ stated that failing to include engineers in policy formulation can led to failure in policy implementation, a situation Gache averred that is capable of retarding growth of the sector.
She said, “I am very, very well acquainted with women engineers in my country.”
Advising women engineers to seek leadership position in the government in Nigeria, Gache stated that the positions will afford them the privilege to contribute their quota to the growth of the sector and the nation at large.
She enthused, “You don’t make policies without engaging engineers. Engineers should also be avail the opportunity to participate in policy process and implementation.
“You cannot call engineers when you have already done the design. No nation develops without engineers being involved.
“Engineers are wired with certain challenges that can be solved only by those in the profession.
“Just give them the privilege to gather together, speak in one voice, you will see that that problem in the sector will be solved without hitch.”
In her remarks, APWEN President, Engr. Dr. Adebisi Osim, who emphasized the need for unity of members of association, urged them to work as a team as team work remains the surest way to achieving success and lift APWEN to enviable pedestal.
