Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on Nigeria to place engineering, innovation and emerging technologies at the heart of national development, saying the country’s digital economy and industrial transformation depend on sustained investment in local engineering capacity.
Speaking at the opening of the 34th Engineering Assembly organised by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) in Abuja, Yilwatda urged policymakers to make engineering, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and other emerging technologies central to national planning.
The annual gathering brought together engineers, policymakers, academics and industry leaders to discuss the future of engineering practice, regulation and infrastructure development in Nigeria.
Engineering, according to the APC chairman, is no longer limited to roads, bridges and buildings, but has become the foundation for digital technologies, advanced manufacturing, smart infrastructure and industrial competitiveness.
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