By Ovat Abeng
Anambra State Chairman, Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), Engr. Victor Meju, has said the council remained the major regulatory body for engineering profession in Nigeria.
He disclosed this in response to a rumour making the round in some quarters that COREN has little power to control or regulate the activities of practicing Engineers in the country.
Meju, who addressed a press conference in Awka, on Wednesday, as part of activities to mark his birthday, called on the public to disregard the rumour, noting that COREN was established by Nigerian Government under Decree no 55 of 1990 to certified, monitor, regulate and to curb sharp practices in the profession.
He said in Anambra, due to COREN’s commitment to quality service to the people, the State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, have commended the Council for its regulatory policies that has lead to 85 percent reduction in incidents of building collapsed and quackery in across the state.
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“The Council and it affiliated State Regulatory Monitoring Technical Committee was also inaugurated in the state by the governor in the presence of the President of COREN, Engr. Ali Rabiu and the Council Registrar, Engr. Prof. Adisa Ademola Bello, on the 30th June, 2022 at the International Conference Centre Awka, to ensure quality of construction projects in the State.
“We are also in partnership with relevant stakeholders, training institution like the Federal Polytenic Oko (Department of Engineering) and members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the state to practically trained undergraduates/graduates on the ethics of the profession.
Meju used the briefing to commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his prompt intervention on the just suspended nationwide minimum wage strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC).