NSBE AWARDS CUMMINS GHANA.

from left is Mr. Azu receiving the plaque from Billy James

National Society of Black Engineers Ghana (NSBE Ghana), a student non-governmental professional organization has awarded Managing Director of Cummins Ghana, for his exceptional dedication to the growing youth on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and also to develop their leadership capabilities through conferences, workshops, seminars and related activities.

The organization which comprises of seven universities, three polytechnics and schools from the second cycle can boast of about 2,000 members and counting, aims at increase the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically succeed professionally and positively impact their communities.

Presenting the plague yesterday at the Cummins Ghana Head Office in Accra, Administrative Secretary NSBE, Billy James Dega disclosed the National Society of Black Engineers first visited Africa in the year 1998 whereby Ghana Institute of Engineers (GhiE) played a crucial role in its Establishment in Ghana on the premises of the GhiE that the idea of the formation of the first Chapter on KNUST Campus and subsequently the Accra Alumni Ext. Chapter was hatched.

Mr. Dega indicated National Society of Black Engineers Ghana in 2011 as part of its objective to partner with corporate institutions within the country came into contact with the Management of Cummins Ghana Ltd., to deliberate and find ways on how the two institutions could be of mutual benefit to each other.

“After successful deliberations, Cummins agreed to partner NSBE-Ghana in its activates, and as a first step the Engine Manufacturing Company, Cummins, agreed to participate in our annual national conference that was held at the Takoradi Polytechnic in 20011. Mr Mathew Eshun, Business Development Manager at Cummins Ghana was a guest speaker at the conference. Other engineers from Cummins subsequently were part of other programs organized by various NSBE chapters” The Managing Director took the opportunity to lead by example where he gave a forum on the topic  ” Making Engineering Practical” on August 2012 at the NSBE-Ghana 2012 Annual Leadership conference, Koforidua.

The citation which reads:

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”You are among many, sat with all, spoke with colleagues, gave oversight as others, and tarried in submission for formation for all; yet your uniqueness was glaring and branding like a shimmering light in the dark. The annals of your memory have the inedible imprints of you that indeed, you were the true copy of yourself. Your words were the very nature and bore no shadows of guise. Your hands decked the agenda, your feet marched to the purpose and sitting chaired with the solutions.  Your breadth and energy burnt with success and fulfillment.

                                      AKUNOR NENE AZU!,

                                      (MD CUMMINS GHANA)

Your lifestyle is a model of selfless dedication and ungrudging commitments to duty and service rendered to all in humility and in honour of Humility. Truly, you are our pride! How can our great society ever rejoice in her incomparable endowments, unmatched beauty, and unequalled success without recounting on your precious contributions?  Your labour has called as to brotherly love and harmony. Your leadership has set NSEB on the pedestal of sure progress. Clearly, we wee how your works have lifted the banners of NSEB high within we read: INSPIRED BY WHO WE ARE AND MOTIVATED BY WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE

    We salute you and may God bless you”.

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Receiving the plaque Mr. Nene Akunor Azu , Managing Director for Cummins Ghana said the presentation is representative of what Cummins Ghana stands for.

‘We have six values which includes Corporate Responsibility and within the corporate responsibility we serve and improve the communities we live in by identifying organizations and community partners to be productive and successful as Cummins Ghana Ltd grows in the market” he stressed.

He thanked NSBE for recognizing not him only, but Cummins Ghana as an organization because he was a product of the NSBE association and Cummins values diversity adding “NSBE is great organization where with like minded engineers with skills come together to share ideas and come out with a common understanding on values they stand for and impact they impart with to improving communities”.

By Ebenezer Zor