Women Engineers Make Case For Girl-Child Science Education

The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has called connected the Nigerian authorities and different stakeholders to empower the girl-child successful Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

Dr Adebisi Osim, the nationalist president of APWEN, made the telephone implicit the play successful Bauchi during the 2025 APWEN, Bauchi State chapter’s nationalist lecture and inauguration of caller executives.

According to her, erstwhile a girl-child is empowered successful STEM, the state would not lone beryllium creating an technologist oregon a scientist, but besides creating a occupation solver and an innovator who mightiness plan drought-resistant crops to lick nutrient insecurity.

Represented Engr. Esther Ago, the North Central coordinator of APWEN, Osim said that the girl-child would make sustainable h2o purification systems for the agrarian communities, physique intelligent systems to negociate postulation successful cities among others.

“We unrecorded successful a satellite shaped by technology. From the smartphones successful our hands to the analyzable infrastructure that powers our cities, STEM is the connection of the future.

“To exclude women from this speech is to soundlessness fractional of the world’s intellect, creativity, and problem-solving potential. It is to alert a level with lone 1 wing.

“To our leaders and policymakers, we impulse you to proceed to champion policies that marque STEM acquisition accessible and charismatic to girls, put successful laboratories, sponsor scholarships, and observe pistillate tech champions,” she said.

“Empowering the miss kid successful STEM is not a charitable act, it’s a strategical imperative for Nigeria’s technological advancement and economical prosperity. It is the surest way to gathering a aboriginal that is innovative, inclusive, and sustainable,” she said.

Earlier Engr. Mercy Asabe, contiguous past chairperson, APWEN Bauchi, said the lecture would supply invaluable opportunities for them to prosecute with important ideas, spark meaningful discussions, and foster a deeper knowing of STEM and Artificial Intelligence.

“I americium assured that the insights shared contiguous volition inspire, amended and situation america to deliberation critically connected planetary issues,” she said.

Engr. Nafisatu Abubakar, the recently elected chairperson, APWEN Bauchi section who spoke connected behalf of others, said their ngo was to animate and mentor the girl-child to clasp STEM.

She added that they would amusement them that engineering was not a tract reserved for men alone, but a level wherever women could thrive, innovate, and lead.

“Our ngo is besides to fortify nonrecreational enactment for women engineers, ensuring that our members person the op