By Kingsley Adegboye

Engr. Ali Alimasuya Rabiu, a fellow of NSE, and Cingari Mafia, has taken over as the 35the President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE).
The symbolic handing/taking over ceremony which took place on Thursday, 18th December, 2025 was held at Executive Committee Chambers, National Engineering Centre, Central Business District, Abuja.
The brief ceremony was precided over by the 34th President, Engr. Margaret Aina Oguntala, FNSE flanked by the outgoing and incoming EXCO members and witnessed by two past Presidents, Engr. Kashim Abdul Ali, FNSE, and Engr. Ademola Isaac Olorunfemi, FNSE.
Other dignitaries who attended the ceremony include; The Registrar, Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), Engr. Prof. O. A. U. Uche, FNSE, the Chairman, NSE Maiduguri Branch, Engr. M. B. Shettimah, FNSE, Engr. Dr. T. Adeyemo, FNSE, Engr. Dr. Wilson Alli, FNSE and many others as well as the staff of NSE led by the Ag. Executive Secretary, Engr. Babatunde Odunlami, FNSE.
As it has been the practice, symbolic handing/taking over between the outgoing and incoming presidents is usually performed few days to the end of the tenure of the incumbent president while the tenure of the new president officially commences on 1st January.
Consequently, the Investiture Ceremony of the 35th President of NSE will hold on Saturday, 17th January, 2026 at the Banquet Hall of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja by 10am Prompt.