The engineering forum of Nigeria, will be holding its twelfth conference later this month, and will focus on the role of engineering in emerging economies of which Nigeria is one.
The organisation, headed by Dr Sunday Popo-ola, was started of 10 years ago in 2003, and aims to use the knowledge of the western world to help developments in Nigeria. The group of engineers all of Nigerian origin, meet every year to discuss issues facing Nigeria’s infrastructure, and figure out ways to help the nation develop more.
Many of the members, all of whom engineers in various capacity, have returned to Nigeria on various occasions using their expertise to offer new solutions to old problems.
In an interview ahead of last year’s conference, Dr Popo-ola, highlighted Nigeria’s need to focus on other industries, other than oil, in order for it to continue to grow as a nation and catch up with other economies, such as Angola, South Africa and Malaysia. This year’s conference will focus on this issue and will explore non-oil sectors such as Agriculture, Infrastructure, Alternative energy, Power generation, Affordable health care, Aviation, Manufacturing Preservation, Processing, Packaging and Exporting of Nigerian goods.
Key speakers include Gabirel Amuchi, the head of FERMA (Federal Road Maintanance agency).
The event will take place on Saturday 27th June 2015, in the transport for London building. See below for more information.
EFN Spring Event 2015
Venue: Transport for London, Palestra Building
Date: Saturday 27th June 2015
Time: 9am until 6pm
For more information on this event or to register please email springevent@efn.org.uk or visit www.efn.org.uk.
