President Chartered Institute of Power Engineers Visits Director General at Commission's Headquarters

The President and Chairman, Governing Council, Chartered Institute of Power Engineers of Nigeria (CIPEN) Engr. Israel E. Abraham and his Executive Members paid a courtesy visit to the Director General Dr Mustapha Abdullahi at the Commission's Headquarters Abuja. Among the visiting delegates was a Former Director General of the Commission, Emeritus Professor Abubakar Sani Sambo.

While explaining the reason for the visit, Engr. Israel E. Abraham said that "CIPEN is a regulatory and professional body empowered to regulate, control and determine the standards of knowledge required for individuals seeking to become Chartered Power Engineers in addition to other related matters and also determine the standards and skills to be attained by persons seeking to be members of the power engineering profession and raising those standards as circumstances may permit".

He emphasized that their purpose of coming is to introduce the Institute to the Director General and seek collaboration and support to achieve their mandates as encapsulated in their enabling Act. He further said, that they are willing to partner with ECN in various areas such as research, skills development and fostering a robust linkage among researchers, the academia and industry. He further requested that ECN should involve CIPEN in the formulation of all power related policies and their implementation therefore.

In his response, the Director General Dr Mustapha Abdullahi appreciated their coming and assured them that the Commission is ever ready to collaborate with them as he intimates them that 85% of what the Commission does and is known for hinges on power engineering. He encouraged them to come up with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

There was thereafter, a robust interactive session where topics of mutual interest were discussed.

Director General Dr Mustapha Abdullahi, flanked by the President CIPEN, Engr. Israel E. Abraham and Former Director General of the Commission Professor Abubakar Sani Sambo in a group photogragh with Executives of CIPEN and some Directors of the Commission.

The Director General Dr Mustapha Abdullahi presenting the gazette copies of the National Energy Master Plan and the National Energy Policy, Publications of the Commission to the President and Chairman Governing Council (CIPEN) Engr. Israel E. Abraham as Professor Abubakar Sani Sambo and others look on.

R-L, The Director General Dr Mustapha Abdullahi, President and Chairman Governing Council (CIPEN) Engr. Israel E. Abraham and Former Director General of the Commission Professor Abubakar Sani Sambo sharing views.

A cross section of the esteemed visitors with the Director General Dr Mustapha Abdullahi and some of His Directors.