APWEN (Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria) Abuja is a non-profit, non-governmental, educational and service organization. The Association has consistently contributed its quota to Nigeria's technological development through continuous professional development of female engineers and encouragement of the girl-child to take up the Sciences, particularly Engineering.
The Abuja Chapter is one of 14 Chapters scattered throughout the Federation and is the most vibrant. The Chapter is a two-time recipient of Best Chapter Award, the more recent being for the year 2010/2011. Best Chapter Awards were not given in years 2012 and 2013. Abuja Chapter was established in 1992 by Engr. Ebele Okeke CFR, FNSE, FICE who retired as the first female Head of the Civil Service of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2008 after working as an engineer for over 30 years. Engr. Okeke is also Nigeria's first female Civil Engineer. She started with only four pioneer members. Presently, Abuja has a membership of over 200.
APWEN Abuja undertakes laudable projects as to add value to the community through motivating our discourse community to excel, empowering women in our communities and enhancing the life of others.
Our outreach programs
In order to effectively and significantly create a positive impact in our discourse communities, APWEN Abuja's various programs were divided into projects with Project Directors appointed over each project. Our project directors as well as all other chapter members volunteer their time and resources to make APWEN programs an astonishing success.
