The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) is an umbrella organization for engineers in Nigeria. It was founded on 16 February 1958 by a group of young Nigerian Graduate Engineers and students in the United Kingdom and inaugurated at the Nigerian House in London.^[1]

NSE is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission as a company limited by guarantee.^[1]

The society has a President, Deputy President, 3 Vice Presidents and 6 other Executive Committee members. The current President is Engr. Babagana Mohammed, FNSE who was elected and sworn in as its 32nd President.^[2]

Mayen Adetiba, a Civil Engineer,^[3] a past President of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Nigeria (ACEN)^[4] was the first woman to be elected into the Executive Committee of NSE, who also rose to become a Vice-President of the Society.^[5]

The President of the Society is the Chief Executive, and directs the programme and mandate of the Society on behalf of the members. The President is the Chairman at every General Meeting, meeting of the Council and Executive Committee of the Society. The President holds for a period of two years and is succeeded by the Deputy President. The Deputy President is elected every two years, who automatically becomes the President after the expiration of the two-year tenure of the predecessor.^[6]

The council is the governing body of the Society. The Council meets bi-monthly to consider memo from the executive committee and others to make policies touching on the conduct and business of the Society. The council is made up of statutory members and reports to the Annual General Meeting which is an expanded gathering of members once every year.^[6]

The Executive Committee (EXCO) of the Society is responsible for overseeing the management and administration of the affairs of the Society and reports to Council of the Society. EXCO is made up of the President, Deputy President, Vice Presidents, members who were elected by other members at the Annual General Meetings every year and nominated representatives of the Divisions.^[6]

The Secretariat of the Society is staffed by professionals with different skills and discipline. The Secretariat implements policies of the Society and the overall co-ordination of its activities. The Executive Secretary is the head of the Secretariat and oversees the day-to-day management of the Secretariat. The National Engineering Centre NEC Abuja houses the Secretariat.^[6]

The society has established numerous branches in both Nigeria and the UK.^[7]

There are six grades of membership in NSE.^[8] They include:

• Student member
• Graduate member
• Corporate member
• Associate
• Fellow
• Honorary fellow

NSE official journal publication is The Nigerian engineer.^[9] It also publishes conference proceedings, technical paper and inaugural lectures.

List of Past Presidents of NSE^[10]

The National Engineering Center (NEC) Abuja was commissioned on Thursday 26 July 2007. The commissioning ceremony was performed by the former president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Engr. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, FNSE, GCFR.^[11] The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) applied for the allocation of a plot of land in Central Area of Abuja in August 1980 to build the National Engineering Centre (NEC) Abuja during the tenure of past President of NSE Engr. O. Olugbekan, FNSE.^[10] The foundation laying ceremony was performed by General I. B. Babaginda GCFR, the then President of Nigeria in December 1992.^[11]

The following Divisions^[12] exist in NSE: