All Nigeria families have been advised to make sure they have an engineer, particularly a woman, in their homes to contribute to a society in general.
ENG JOAN OGWUCHE, KOGI State Coordinator of the National Commission for the Development of Hydroelectric Production Areas (N-HYPADEC), made the appeal while spoke as an invited speaker at the Cecilia A., MSS, as the 4th President of APWEN president and the Kogi chapter of 2024/2025 in the state of the influence of the confluence.
The Association of Professional Engineers of Nigeria, chapter of the state of Kogi, is a division of the Society of Engineers of Nigeria.
Speaking about the subject that reaches balance as a woman, wife of the successful professional career, Engwuche said that when families cannot produce engineers, they must encourage their daughters to marry engineers, describing engineers as good house manufacturers.
She emphasized that for a functional society that addresses the challenges of antisocial vices between children and husbands, working mothers must achieve a balance between their careers and their lives in the home.
While stressing the importance of women contributing to the home through employment, he said that building a better society and family requires professionals and mothers who are precise, aware of time and rounded, qualities exemplified by engineers.
No matter how busy your schedule is not reaching a balance as professional women, without paying attention to their husbands and children, it is a mistake, he said.
Engwuche advised mothers and women to instill morals and values ​​in their children to avoid shame to their families.
What you get in your old age is a product of what you sow in the life of your husband and children today. As mothers and professionals, we must take time to balance our working and family life.
Find a definition of balance by making sacrifices and being flexible to address the peculiarities of your home. Give yourself in your husband and children, being honest about your needs through effective time management. As women, we need to be disciplined in values.
Use effective communication strategies to establish limits to work and family. As women, let's be transparent with our husbands and children.
We adopt effective communication with our husbands and children to reduce the conflict. We need to understand our roles at home. We ask for help with domestic tasks, and since we work for money, we must also allow our money to work for us when necessary.
Let us adequately take care of our mental health ensuring that we find time to rest, he said, and added that a happy mother has a happy home and that a healthy home translates into a productive work environment.
When society, husbands and children benefit from the care of working mothers, both the family and society become the greatest beneficiaries, contributing to national development.
Previously in his comments, Engr Christina Ojoyi Omotola, the 3rd president of Apwen, the Kogi state chapter, said that Apwen is to encourage women in Nigeria to become engineers, describing the engineering profession as a catalyst of the nation's discussed progress in technology.
Eng omotola added that towards the national and global technical development that Nigeria imagina, Apwen aims to inspire women to achieve professional excellence as engineers and leaders.
He described APWEN's objectives as a forum to promote camaraderie among engineers and encourage the study and practice of engineering among Nigerian women. He pointed out that beyond increasing membership and advocating that girls show interest in engineering, their mandate had taken the association to new heights.
A key culminating point of the inauguration was the administration of the Office's oath A ENGR ATTAH Cecilia. Born in 1967, indigenous from Dekina Lga, graduated from civil engineering of the Polytechnic of the State of Kaduna, specialized in water resources. AGR ATTAH has a PGD in Civil Engineering of the Federal University of Minna and then obtained a master's degree in Civil Engineering, which is currently in Progreso.
The new Apwen president promised to increase the defense for the girl to embrace the engineering profession and promised to justify the confidence placed on her.
The ceremony concluded with the Administration's oath of APWEN and the decoration of AGR ATTAH Cecilia, the new president, by the outgoing president, Engr Christina Ojoyi Omotola. Similarly, the new president inaugurated the new state chapter.
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