ENGR. OLOWA HAILS NIGERIAN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS ON THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF ITS 91ST BRANCH IN IBEJU-LEKKI

Ibeju-Lekki Local Government today Saturday 6th September, 2025 played host to the Nigerian Society of Engineers on its inauguration ceremony of the 91st Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) Branch with the Executive Chairman, Hon. Abdullahi Sesan Olowa in attendance as the special guest, together with the member, Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Bayo Balogun as the Theme for the programme was tagged, "A sustainable New Lagos, the role of Engineers". In his welcome address to the body of engineers, Hon. Abdullahi Sesan Olowa affirmed that the programme is not just another gathering but a defining milestone in the history of the Engineering Profession in Nigeria and for the NSE as its umbrella professional body. Speaking further, the Council helmsman noted that the Ibeju-Lekki branch of NSE is both timely and significant. In his words, "With the establishment of the Lekki Free Zone and the Lagos Free Zone, the corridor has witnessed a rapid influx of manufacturing, Industrial and Maritime businesses as naturally, these developments have drawn a large pool of engineers and other professionals making the formation of the NSE branch necessary". The President/Chairman in Council, Nigerian Society of Engineers, Engr. Margaret Aina Oguntala FNSE, appreciated Hon. Abdullahi Sesan Olowa for his magnanimous role in the establishment of the 91st NSE branch in Ibeju-Lekki being a corporate member himself. She noted that the inauguration of the NSE 91st Branch is indeed a significant milestone which marks the expansion of the society particularly the urbanization of Ibeju-Lekki as a Local Government as the establishment is a direct response to the yearning needs of development. Engr. Olufemi Dare FNSE, FNICE an accomplished project management professional with over 25 years of outstanding services in infrastructural development, was inaugurated as the pioneer Chairman of the 91st Nigerian Society of Engineers, Ibeju-Lekki branch as same was done to the Exco members who will be working with him. The Nigerian Society of Engineers is the umbrella organization for the Engineering Profession in Nigeria. The Society enhances high professional standards and ethical practices as it has has distinguished itself through progressive and imaginative programmes to become the avenue for the professional development of its members as well as technological development of the country.