Education
Group Organises Career Fair For Students
A leading global students-run organisation, Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et commerciales (AIESEC), accredited by the Department of Public Information (DPI), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, has expressed willingness to partner with The Tide Newspaper to achieve its aim of career choice for students in both secondary and tertiary institutions.
The team leader of marketing, AIESEC, Mr. Charles Udoh, made the assertion when the organisation paid a courtesy visit to The Tide in Port Harcourt, recently.
Mr Udoh said AIESEC, Port Harcourt is organising a career fair hence seek partnership with The Tide for enlightenment and publicity.
He said the 3-day event billed to hold from the 27th to 28th February is organised in conjunction with the university of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) adding that it is targeted at students and undergraduates from schools in Rivers State.
Also speaking, the coordinator, Dame Awoonor-Williams, said the career fair will involve a situation where corporate bodies will interact with students in relation to career choice as well as what job market entails and the talents they need.
The Ghanaian-born facilitator expressed optimism that at the end of the workshop, the students would benefit from ideas that will sharpen their skills and shape their careers adding that the seminar will cut across different disciplines like engineering, medicine, communication among others.
She said the fair became imperative especially for final-year students who would soon face the labour market as well as unemployment which is on the increase in Nigeria and African as a whole.
Responding, the General Manager of Rivers State Newspaper Corporation, (RSNC), Mr Celestine Ogolo, assured of the Corporation’s preparadness of partnering with AIESEC to ensure that the group’s mission is achieved, so that the problem of unemployment in society is meaningfully reduced.
Mr Ogolo said when that is done, Nigeria will achieve peace, sustainable development, stability, good governance.
Mr. Ogolo who was represented by the Group News Editor of The Tide, Mr Nelson Chukwudi, acknowledged that it was a good gesture assured AIESEC that the corporation would make provision to fit into the programme by providing coverage for the event.
The General Manager advised the group to collaborate with companies that would engage in discussions that pertain to scholarship programmes that have direct bearing on the students.
He urged AIESEC to select the best students after undergoing some form of test and train them for about three (3) months adding that, that would prepare them for international student fair.
He emphasised that at the end of such programmes, organisations who want to employ would first of all, employ participants from the programme.
Eunice Choko-Kayode
A professor of Highway Engineering at the Rivers State University (RSU), Prof. Emmanuel Osilemme Ekwulo, has identified poor designs, inadequate materials, insufficient testing, and lack of accountability as major obstacles to the success of highway construction projects in the country.
Ekwulo made this remark in Port Harcourt last Wednesday during the 128th inaugural lecture series of the university, where he presented a lecture titled “Removing Roadblocks: Rebuilding a Foundation for Reliable Highway Pavement Infrastructure.”
The university don lamented the consistent premature failures of road construction projects nationwide, despite huge investments by the government at all levels, attributing the problem to neglected basics and systemic principles in the industry.
According to him, rebuilding the foundation technically, institutionally, and ethically is crucial to building strong and lasting pavements.
Ekwulo emphasized the need for political will, professional integrity, and commitment to engineering excellence to overcome the challenges.
“The metaphoric roadblocks are those challenges causing premature failures,” Ekwulo said, adding that identifying and addressing these roadblocks is key to rebuilding the nation’s highways.
He recommended that institutions involved in road design and construction adopt a mechanistic-empirical design approach, and develop a comprehensive framework for implementing the Nigerian Imperial and Mechanistic Pavement Design System (NEMPADS) approach.
Ekwulo also advocated for mandatory traffic load analysis, strengthened university-industry collaboration, and funding for applied pavement research.
Corruption, he noted, is a major challenge in the profession, saying severe punitive measures are needed to curb shabby practices leading to premature road failures.
The Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Isaac Zeb-Obipi, described Ekwulo’s lecture as interesting and intriguing, highlighting the importance of implementing solutions to Nigeria’s highway challenges.
The Vice Chancellor also described Ekwulo’s proposals as practical and applicable to government and industry stakeholders.
He said the university is committed to research aligned with national development goals, referencing its NDV-12 responsive consortium production framework.
Zeb-Obipi noted that Ekwulo’s recommendations are timely and solution-driven, and will contribute to addressing Nigeria’s highway challenges.
Akujobi Amadi
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