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NAMA’s Felicia Agubata (middle) being decorated by Hauwa Sadique (left) as 15th President of APWEN at her investiture ceremony on Saturday, while her husband, Mr Agubata looks on.
The managing director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency NAMA, Capt Fola Akinkuotu has commended the ingenuity of women engineers in the country in ensuring stability in the system.
Speaking at the investiture of Engr Mrs Felicia Nnenna Agubata as the 15th president of the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN), Capt Akinkuotu described her as a woman of courage, patient and hardwork that has transformed the system in the engineering department of NAMA within her few years in the agency.
According to Akinkuotu, Agubata has remained persistent in her profession stressing that the sky will be her limit.
The NAMA boss who was full of praises to have seen a woman excelling in the field dominated by male, assured the women engineers of the support of the management of NAMA stressing that in the days of his flying as a pilot that so many women trainee pilots were under him.
He noted that when given the opportunity and enabling environment like Agubata, that the women folk will continue to excel in their endeavors.
Akinkuotu commended the leadership and members of APWEN for the investiture of Agubata as their 15th president noting that it was an honour.
In her inaugural speech, Engr Agubata pledged to uphold the dignity of women engineers and to serve the entire engineering profession and humanity at large.
Agubata who acknowledged the challenges ahead especially the expectations from the engineering community and stakeholders, assured that there will be capacity and strength to mobilse necessary human and material resources to create value for the greatest good of the the society in line with the mission of APWEN.
While acknowledging the tough environment where women are regarded as the weaker sex, she vowed to remain focused as the profession does not recognize weaker sex.
“Just think about your mother and her toils in your growing up years and the picture the 21st century woman who still plays the traditional role of a woman with joy and yet ac
