Speaking at the ongoing 7TH African Engineering Education Association International Conference currently taking place at University of Lagos, he observed that the role of engineers in the development of any society cannot be over emphasized, as the nation’s landmark infrastructure were built by them.
Speaking on the theme: ‘Strengthening Engineering Education through Innovation and Collaboration’ he added that innovation is also key as this would create new solutions that would improve the quality of life of the citizens. According to him, engineers analyze, develop and proffer appropriate solutions to solve societal problems. Engineering is supposed to use scientific ideas to develop technology and any nation that fails to develop its engineering will rely on imported technology, which is very expensive.
On her part, President, American Society for Engineering Education, Prof. Sheryl Sorby, noted that if all of us across the globe work together to improve engineering education, it would improve the citizens quality of life.