Our History

With the continued dangerous trend of road traffic accidents in Nigeria, which placed it as one of the most road traffic accident (RTA)-prone countries worldwide (the most in Africa) in 2013, the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) saw the need to establish the present Nigerian Institution of Highway Engineers (NIHE) in 2013 to address the carnage on the highways. In July 2013, the Council of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) approved the establishment of the Nigerian Institution of Highway Engineers (NIHE) as the 19th Division of NSE. On Saturday, November 13, 2013, the NSE President and Chairman-in-Council, Engr. N. B. Shehu, FNSE, inaugurated the Division at Rock View Hotel, Abuja, in the presence of a huge number of highway engineers.

The new division commenced its journey to adulthood with substantial support and logistics provided by the Managing Director of FERMA, Engr. Gabriel Amuchi. Protem officers were elected to drive the institution: Engr, Isa Usman Emoabino, FNSE, as the National Chairman, Engr. Anaduaka Gabriel Obiekwe, FNSE, as the Vice Chairman, Engr. Emeka Agbasi, FNSE, as the General Secretary, among others.

Our Growth

The Institution grew up in leaps, and on Saturday, June 21, 2014, the South-South Chapter of the Division was born with Engr. Nwadike Jones, FNSE, FNIHTE, KSM, as the Chairman and Engr. Francis Oriakhi, FNSE, FNIHTE, KSM, as the Vice Chairman. This chapter has stabilised and is doing very well.

In March 2016, due to pressure on the need for NIHE to accommodate other practitioners in the transport sector, an Extra-Ordinary Meeting (EGM) was convened. The meeting considered and approved the name change from the Nigerian Institution of Highway Engineers (NIHE) to the Nigerian Institution of Highway and Transportation Engineers (NIHTE) to accommodate other Engineering practitioners in the Aviation, Marine and Railway Sectors. Subsequently, the NSE Council approved the desired change.

Our Aims And Objectives

The Nigerian Institution of Highway and Transportation Engineers shall be dedicated:

To think, transform and transcend the nation’s highway practice to that of global best practices.

To provide forum for members and partners of the highway industry that foster education, innovation, research, fellowship, promoting a safe, sustainable and efficient highway system.

To engage transportation stakeholders.

To network and engage with road industry leaders from different countries of the world.

To develop the nation’s road design and construction standard.

To bring radical changes into the highway practice in design, construction, maintenance, sustainability and management of highway infrastructures.

To hold researches, conferences, seminars, technical publications, workshops and lectures, in line with global best practices.

To have unparalleled professional and business development opportunities around the globe.

To provide professional leadership while developing and sharing knowledge, capacity building and technology acquisition.

Professionalism and Excellence are our watchwords.

We provide professional leadership while developing and sharing knowledge, capacity building, and technology acquisition.

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The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN

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