CHANGE OF MANTLE IN NIEEE: ENGR. KINGS ADEYEMI BECOMES THE 19TH NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE INSTITUTION
Wtr Gideon Tobiloba The Frasers Suites Hotel, Abuja was buzzing with dignitaries from the Engineering Society from within and outside Nigeria in a grand ceremony where the mantle of the leadership of the Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers fell from the immediate past president Engr. Funso Adebayo FNIEEE to the new elected president, Engr. Kings Adebayo FNIEEE on Saturday the 25th of January. In his opening speech, Engr. Funso Adebayo, the outgoing president emphasized on the importance of making electricity available to all Nigerians through emerging technologies. He said market women and people living in remote areas do not need to know anything about electricity, what matters most is making electricity available to them. He further said they have taken electricity project to at least seven communities in Nigeria including the Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDP) Camp, signed MOU’s with different private power companies and institutions a