NRA director inspires aspiring students engineers

Mr Janneh inspired students while speaking as special guest during the World Engineering Day celebration for Sustainable Development organised by the University of Science, Engineering and Technology (USET) and held at the University ground on Monday.

He told students that anything done in engineering is science based, adding that to become an engineer, one needs to know about mathematics, physics and chemistry.

“Engineering is all about applied science. The science that we use in our everyday life, is what is translated and called engineering. It takes hard work, determination and focus to become an engineer,” he told students from various schools.

Mr. Janneh, whose father (Saihou Sumareh) was amongst the first engineers in the country, got the inspiration to follow his father’s footsteps after travelling to the United States and saw massive buildings.

“I had the desire to follow in my father’s footsteps, but I did not even know where to start as I was just a young lost High School student trying to figure out what to do,” he said.

He continued: “At some point, I thought I wanted to be a writer because some people felt that I wrote beautifully. But when I left for the US and saw massive buildings and wondered who built them and how. That curiosity drove me into engineering. I later realised that this is where I belong.”