COREN To License Engineering Firms To Check Quackery

The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria has announced its preparedness to commence the licensing of engineering firms operating across the country.
This, according to COREN is aimed at halting the increasing number of quacks in the profession.
President, COREN, Mr Kashim Ali, called on Nigerians to be cautious when dealing with engineers, stressing that the engagement of quack had always led to loss of lives and properties.
Mr Ali explained that it had been tough for the council to stop the activities of impostors who pose as professional engineers.
He told newsmen at a press briefing to announce the 23rd Engineering Assembly of the council scheduled to hold this week in Abuja.
The COREN boss said, “may I inform stakeholders and the general public that the greatest challenge of the engineering profession is quackery. It has been very difficult to track down and prosecute quacks, who parade themselves as professional engineering personnel.
“Some of them even go to the extent of forging COREN certificates and brazenly present such forged certificates for jobs.
“Engagement of such quacks has always led to colossal loss of lives and properties in the area of collapsed building and failure of other engineering infrastructures”, he said.
Mr Ali said the council was working hard to nip the development in the bud, but stressed that it would be tough to discipline engineers who were not members of COREN.