The Nigerian Institution of Highway and Transportation Engineers (NIHTE) has inaugurated its Abuja Chapter.
At the inauguration and investiture ceremony of the new members in Abuja on Wednesday, the National Chairman of the Association, Engineer Oludayo Oluyemi, said 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.
He pointed out that their professionalism would come to bear in FCT Highway development.
According to him, “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.”
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, 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.
