WED: NSE, NCDMB Announce Partnership to Train 6,000Youths on Ethical Hacking, Cyber Security

The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) yesterday announced a partnership with the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to carry out the training of 6,000 young people across Nigeria on ethical hacking and cyber security.

Speaking at this year's World Engineering Day (WED) in Abuja, first female President of the NSE in 66 years, Margaret Oguntala, noted that all the six geo-political zones in the country will benefit from the gesture.

She added that the specialised skills acquisition programme, will kick off with about 100 young people from each zone of the country, whether they are already engineers or engineers-to-be.

“The World Engineering Day platform has offered a unique opportunity for us to provide inspiration and hope for younger persons, whether they are already in the profession or aspiring to become engineers.

“Therefore, not only do we have students from secondary schools who are here to exhibit their innovations, we are also launching our specialised skills training for young engineers. The NSE will be running the programme with one of our strategic partners, the NCDMB.

“It is a year-long programme targeted at building the capacity of young engineers across the six geo-political zones of Nigeria. It is also a multi-modular training that is going to start with a course on cyber security and ethical hacking,” he said.

While performing a symbolic unveiling of the programme, Oguntala stated that March 4, every year was declared as the world engineering day for sustainable development, beginning from the year 2020.

She stated that engineering excellence has changed the world dramatically overtime, explaining that while mankind has witnessed great wars, it has also seen advancements in medical facilities and several innovations.

Over the years, she said the NSE has witnessed tremendous growth resulting in the establishment of 81 branches spread across Nigeria and in the diaspora and 25 divisions established majorly along specialised fields of engineering.

Themed: “Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable World”, Oguntala said that in the face of the current global economic, social and humanitarian crises, the world is yet beckoning on engineers to rise to the occasion and provide solutions for better and sustainable living.