Recently updated on February 12th, 2023 at 12:32 pm
Engineer Mustafa Balarabe Shehu has emerged the President Elect of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) in Costa Rica at the World Engineering Summit 2022.
He is the first Engineer from sub-Saharan Africa to hold the position.
The World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) is the international organization for the engineering profession. Founded in 1968, under the auspices of UNESCO, WFEO brings together national engineering institutions from some 100 nations and represents more than 30 million engineers.
Engineer Mustafa Balarabe Shehu, an electrical engineer is a former President of Nigerian Society of Engineers, Federation of African Engineering Organisations. He is a fellow of Nigerian Society of Engineers and Nigerian Academy of Engineering. He will be joining the new President, Professor Jose Vieira along with other council members to consolidate on WFEO achievements and take WFEO to higher level.
This election is significant in many ways for Africa and Nigeria as a whole. Africa has become a key focus of WFEO with many actionable programmes specifically created for African sustainable development from food security to capacity building, young engineers development and many others.
WFEO, has in the recent years, registered considerable achievements in terms of membership growths, strengthening of relationship with United Nations, UNESCO, focus on sustainable development in Africa through engineering and many international organizations. In 2020, the organization in conjunction with UNESCO declared 4th March as World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development.
Before this election as President Elect, Engineer Mustafa Balarabe Shehu has served as Chairman of Awards Committee, Member of Strategic Planning, Finance Committees as well as Advisory Board for the WFEO President and Executive Vice President at WFEO.
In his policy brief, Shehu commended past presidents efforts and declared that WFEO must make effort in helping to produce more engineers with the right skills through improved Engineering Education and Capacity Building towards accreditation of many countries with the International Engineering Alliance. He wants WFEO to continuously use its national, international members as well as partners to achieve these noble objectives.
Nigerian delegation to World Engineering Summit in San Jose, Costa Rica was led by the President of NSE Engr Tasiu Saad Gidari Wudil, and Council for the Regulation of Engineering, COREN President, Engr Ali Rabiu. Others are; Engr Valerie Agberagba, Engineer Olu Ogunduyile, Engineer Kabir Umar, and Engineer Ifeoluwa Oyedele.
