Welcome
The Solar Energy Society of Nigeria (SESN) was inaugurated in March 1980 at the Project Development Institute (PRODA) Enugu. By 11th July of the same year the Society was officially launched at a brief ceremony performed by the then Deputy Governor of old Anambra State, Engr. A.S. Umenyi, assisted by the then Honourable Commissioner for Technology, Imo State, Chief Oji O. Okereke.

The pioneer members of the Society include such prominent peoples as Prof. A.O.E. Animalu (foundation President of the SESN), Prof. G.O. Ezekwe (Director, PRODA, Enugu), Prof. C.C.O. Ezeilo (University of Nigeria), Prof. U.A. Akinsote (University of Lagos), Prof. R.I, Salawu (University of Lagos), Late Prof. N. I. Ngoka (formerly of Obafemi Awolowo University Ife and later ESUT, Enugu), Prof. A. T. Sulaiman (Past President, SESN and former Vice Chancellor Federal University of Technology, Yola) and a host of others.