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2025 WORLD ENGINEERING DAY CELEBRATION

The Nigerian Society of Engineers Makurdi Branch today 4th March, 2025 joined the rest of Engineers across the Globe to celebrate the 2025 World Engineering Day. The World Engineering Day is a day set aside every year to celebrate Engineers and the works of Engineering. This year’s theme: SHAPING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE THROUGH ENGINEERING was celebrated in the branch with different activities.

First, the NSE Makurdi Branch led by the Chairman Engr. Phelim Ukeyima Manger, MNSE visited the PADOPADS HARMONY Secondary school, Makurdi where a career guidance talk was presented to the students to catch them young. The career talk presented by the Technical Secretary of the branch, Engr. Dr. Sefa Asortse, MNSE highlighted to the students who is an Engineer, the SSCE and JAMB subject, JAMB cut off marks, institutions offering the Engineering course, duration of study, career prospects and renumeration. This was followed by a question and answer session where the concerns of the students were well attended to. The branch also presented a one term school fees scholarship to the best Male and Female science student.

The Principal of the school represented by the Vice Principal Admin expressed appreciation of the school management to the NSE Makurdi Branch for finding the school worthy of visitation among many schools in Makurdi to celebrate this year’s world Engineering Day and for the award of scholarship to the students. There was a group photograph with the staff and students of the school.

Another key activity to mark the 2025 World Engineering Day was and industrial visit by the branch to BSU CEFTER Center for Food Technology Innovation Complex (CEFTIC), Makurdi. The branch led by the Chairman Engr. Phelim Ukeyima Manger, MNSE was received by the Deputy Director Prof. A. Adejo. In his welcome address, he said CEFTIC was set up for students learning and for Agro processing business with the aim to control post harvest losses. Commissioned on 7th December, 2024, the center is made up of five (5) units namely:

1. Water production

2. Tomato processing

3. Fruit and Vegetables processing

4. Bakery ( Bread and Biscuits)

5. Workshop.

The Assistant Project Engineer, Engr. Jeremiah Vihi took the NSE Makurdi Branch through the units explaining what happens at every unit. During the question and answer session, members of the branch raised observations on the issue of Health Safety and Environment (HSE) and also advised the management to hire the right hands for sustainability. The branch chairman in his closing remarks thanked the management for the initiative and promised NSE Makurdi Branch’s readiness to collaborate with the center for mutual benefits.

In a vote of thanks by Engr. Paul Bija on behalf of the management expressed appreciation to NSE Makurdi Branch for the visit and asked for further collaboration between the center and NSE Makurdi Branch.

Engr. Peter Orseer Akange, MNSE.

Publicity Secretary

6 thoughts on “2025 WORLD ENGINEERING DAY CELEBRATION”

  1. Engr. Ukeyima Phelim Manger

    The visit was interesting and educative. We learnt a lot. TS. we need to go for another of such visits.

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