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The Council wishes to inform our esteem professional public that COMEG’s MANDATORY PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION for registration of new members is now fixed to hold in April and October every year. However, in view of the exigency of the moment, we have resolved to conduct another Mandatory Professional Examination ONLINE on 27th and 28th November, 2020 to mop-up recent applications for registration (submitted/or to be submitted) by those who wish to participate in the 10th Induction Ceremony holding on 15th December, 2020. Furthermore, it has now become compulsory that only financially up-to-date registered members are eligible to sponsor new applicants in other to validate their submitted applications and qualify them, amongst all, for the exam. Registered members are hereby urged to update their financial status, regularly, as a statutory obligation to avail these new applicants the opportunity of registering with COMEG to make their professional practices lawful!!!
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Our Mandate

COMEG is charged with the responsibility of prescribing and enforcing the standards of education and experience for persons to practise as professionals in the Extractive Industries. It also has the responsibility to register, regulate and control the practices of Mining Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Metallurgy, Mineral Processing Engineering and the Geosciences in all aspects and ramifications

Our Mission

To be proactive in ensuring quality manpower for the Nigerian Extractive Industries while maintaining professionalism through registration, regulation and training among others

Our Vision

To ensure professionalism through education and regulation of practices in the Nigerian Extractive Industries

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The Council of Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientists (COMEG) is the regulatory body for all professionals and firms in the Geosciences, Mining Engineering and Metallurgy in the country. COMEG was established through ACT No. 40 of 1990 and was inaugurated on 12th September, 2000. The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria performed the inaugural Registration Ceremony of COMEG and presented the instruments of registration and practice to the Chairman of the Council on 30th January 2003.

Its major thrust is to regulate and control the practices of professionals in the fields of geology, geophysics, geochemistry, mining engineering, petroleum engineering, metallurgy, etc. These professionals through their practices, contribute over eighty percent (80%) of Nigeria's foreign exchange earnings annually. COMEG's regulatory responsibilities are targeted at the extractive industries, which undoubtedly constitute the backbone of the nation's economy. By definition, the mining engineering professions include mining engineers, petroleum engineers, metallurgists and their technologists while geoscientists include geologists, petroleum geologists, hydrogeologists, engineering geologists, geophysicists, geochemists, exploration geologists, etc. The regulatory functions of COMEG cover professionals and firms in the solid minerals, petroleum, water resources, power and steel and environment. By law, the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development is the supervisory Ministry of COMEG.

Arch Olamilekan Adegbite

Honourable Minister

Ministry of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD)

Chief Godspower Ibimotimi Okpoi_ PhD

Council Chiarman

(COMEG)

Prof. Zacheus O. Opafunso

Registrar/CEO

(COMEG)

Act No 40 of 1990, Part VI, Section 17 (1) states...

"Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person, who is not registered in accordance with this Act, shall not be entitled to hold any appointment in the public service of the Federation or of a State or in any public or private establishment, body or institution, if the holding of such appointment involves the performance by him in Nigeria of any Act pertaining to the relevant profession for gain."

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13 Dec 2022

12TH INDUCTION CEREMONY NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION...

Council is pleased to announce that the under-listed members (individuals and companies) have met the requisite requirements for registration and will be inducted as members during its 12th Induction/Oath...

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19 Oct 2022

DIGITAL STAMP PAYMENT PROCEDURE

This is to notify all and sundry that the DIGITAL STAMP is considered by COMEG as an induction material. Registered members are hereby requested to adhere strictly with the stipulated format...

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12 Aug 2022

NOTICE FOR COMEG 2022 MANDATORY PROFESSIONAL...

Council of Nigerian Mining Engineer and Geoscientists (COMEG) hereby announces the 2022 Mandatory Professional Examination (MPE) scheduled to hold in October, 2022. Part VI Section 17...

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Members of 5th Council of COMEG

Board Members of the Council

Chief Godspower Ibimotimi Okpoi_ PhD

Council Chiarman

Chief Godspower Ibimotimi Okpoi_ PhD

Council Chiarman

Dr Abubakar Garba Iliya_ FNMGS

Council Member

Dr Abubakar Garba Iliya_ FNMGS

Council Member

Engr. Umar Albarka Hassan, FNMGS, FNSME, FNMS, PM-SME

Council Member

Engr. Umar Albarka Hassan, FNMGS, FNSME, FNMS, PM-SME

Council Member

Engr. Dr. Umar Albarka Hassan was born in 1964 in Auna, in Magama Local Government Area of Niger State.

He holds a B.Eng (Hons) degree in Mineral Process Engineering and an Associateship of Camborne School of Mines (ACSM) from Camborne School of Mines, Cornwall, England, UK; a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi; an MSc and Ph.D degrees in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.

He is a registered Engineer with the Council of Mining Engineers and Geoscientists (COMEG) and Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN); a Fellow of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS), Nigerian Society of Mining Engineers (NSME), Nigerian Metallurgical Society and Nigerian Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment as well as being a Corporate Member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE). He is also a Professional Member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) Inc of America.

Engr. Umar A. Hassan has thirty four (34) years’ experience from a number of positions held in the Nigerian mining sector comprising being a Lecturer at Kaduna Polytechnic (1986 – 1991),  a Mineral Process Engineer / General Manager of Mining Projects / Companies of Nigerian Mining Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Associated Companies (1991-2008), a Manager of Mining Community Resource Centre and Lecturer at Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences, Jos (2008 -2009), a Consultant with the World Bank Assisted Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Project of the Ministry Mines Steel Development as an Extension Services Consultant for Artisanal and Small Scale Mining, North East Zone and Technical Assistant to the Honourable Minister of Mines and Steel Development (2010 – 2015). He was also a National Consultant on Industrial Minerals with the World Bank Assisted Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification (MinDiver) Project (2016-2018) that carried out Demand Gap Analysis of Industrial Minerals required by local industries and developed a roadmap for the development of Nigeria’s Industrial Minerals Resource in partnership with an International Consultant.

Engr. Hassan is the founding Partner of MINRE ASSOCIATES, a Nigerian based consultancy firm engaged in providing Mineral Resources Engineering Services and was the Technical Adviser to the Honourable Minister of State, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Abuja, Nigeria before his appointment as the Director General / CEO of National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency in July 2018.

Engr. Umar Albarka Hassan is a Co-authour of “ASM Handbook for Nigeria”, “Training Manual  for ASM in Nigeria” and “the Scoping Study of the Nigerian Mining Sector” co-financed by the World Bank for Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Project (SMMRP) and the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) along with Geological Survey of Denmark  and Greenland (GEUS). He also has a number of journal publications to his credit amongst others.

Engr. Hassan is married with children.

Engr. Busari Kamoru

Council Member

Engr. Busari Kamoru

Council Member

Engr. Frank Odoom_ FNSME

Council Member

Engr. Frank Odoom_ FNSME

Council Member
  • Ag. Director, Mínes Inspectorate
  • Holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mining Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Akure
  • COREN registered.
  • Membership of professional bodies such as NSE, NMGS, SME
  • Married with children.

He is the member representing Ministry of Mines and Steel Development on COMEG Council

Engr. Simon Obadiah Nkom_ FNMGS, FNSME, MNSE

Council Member

Engr. Simon Obadiah Nkom_ FNMGS, FNSME, MNSE

Council Member

Mrs Adedoja Rosamund Ojelabi_ FNAPE

Council Member

Mrs Adedoja Rosamund Ojelabi_ FNAPE

Council Member

Manager, Reservoir Management Organizational Capability Chevron Nigeria Limited

  • B.Sc. Geology and Mining (1988) University of Jos
  • M. Sc Petroleum Geology and Sedimentology (1994) University of Ibadan.
  • COMEG Accredited, 2003
  • She joined Chevron Nigeria (CNL) in 1990 and has worked extensively as a seismic interpreter, processing geophysicist, operations/well-site geologist and regional geologist/sequence stratigrapher working on various projects from the Shelf to the Deepwater. She is currently the Manager, Reservoir Management Organizational Capability responsible for technical training programs for CNL’s Earth Scientists and Petroleum Engineers.
  • Past President and Fellow of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) and current member of the NAPE Advisory Council.
  • Active member of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) since 1995, and 2019 Recipient of the NMGS/VERSA-TECH/P.O. NWASIKE AWARD
  • Active member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and current President-Elect, AAPG Africa Region
  • Convener and Chairperson of the Women in Geosciences and Engineering, (WiGE) and Women in Geosciences Roundtable

She is the member representing the oil companies on COMEG Council

Prof. Tamunoene Kingdom Simeon Abam_ FNMGS

Council Member

Prof. Tamunoene Kingdom Simeon Abam_ FNMGS

Council Member

Professor Tamunoene Kingdom Abam, is the IAEG Vice President-Africa and Professor of Engineering/ Director, Institute of Geosciences and Space Technology at the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Prof. Abam’s research focus is on Soil Characterization, Coastal hazards and Marine Geotechnics.

He holds a B.Sc. degree in Geology,  M.Sc/D.I.C and PhD in Engineering Geology and currently serves as the President of the Nigerian Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment.

Prof. Abam is also the current Editor-in-Chief of (i) the Journal of Mining and Geology and the Journal of Geosciences and Environmental Research. He served as Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Nigerian Environmental Society 2012-2018 and as Associate Editor, Journal of Construction and Material Technology.

Prof. Abam is a member of Council of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS). 

Prof. Abam is a Fellow of several professions related to his practice, including Nigerian Association of Hydrogeologist, Nigerian Environmental Society, Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society, Nigerian Association of Hydrological Sciences and the Nigerian Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment.

He is the member representing NMGS on COMEG Council.