The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) on Wednesday said it had earmarked N2 billion for its Community Engineering Project (CEP) aimed at developing infrastructure of selected villages in the country.
The President of society, Mr Adekunle Mokuolu, is revealing this by closing the Silver Jubilee of its branch in Ikeja, Lagos. Mokuolu said that society will work with local councils and state governments for implementing projects to open communities in the countryside. The president said that society also works with some successful Nigerian engineers in the Diaspora to utilize their knowledge to carry out the project. He urged the federal government to provide local engineers with the opportunity to contribute to their country's development quota. He compares the poor culture of maintaining many country infrastructure in the absence of local engineers in their implementation.
He said that the largest source of any country is human resources, adding that even though engineering principles are the same throughout the world, local engineers are not given the opportunity to grow. He said the federal government invested heavily in training resources by local engineers, saying that the preferences were, however, given to foreigners in the award of contracts. Guest Speaker, Mr. Joseph Makoju, a group of Dangote, represented by Auwalu Halliru, Senior General Manager, Dangote Projects, emphasized the need to diversify the country's economy for rapid industrialization.
“We particularly need to deepen and expand our manufacturing, agricultural and mining sectors as a first step.”
Makoju called for the development of the manufacturing sector as Nigeria was lagging behind some nations it was at par with in the past.
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The President of society, Mr Adekunle Mokuolu, is revealing this by closing the Silver Jubilee of its branch in Ikeja, Lagos. Mokuolu said that society will work with local councils and state governments for implementing projects to open communities in the countryside. The president said that society also works with some successful Nigerian engineers in the Diaspora to utilize their knowledge to carry out the project. He urged the federal government to provide local engineers with the opportunity to contribute to their country's development quota. He compares the poor culture of maintaining many country infrastructure in the absence of local engineers in their implementation.
“Maintenance is everything about engineering infrastructure. When we do not know anything about a project, how can the engineers be able to maintain it?”
He said that the largest source of any country is human resources, adding that even though engineering principles are the same throughout the world, local engineers are not given the opportunity to grow. He said the federal government invested heavily in training resources by local engineers, saying that the preferences were, however, given to foreigners in the award of contracts. Guest Speaker, Mr. Joseph Makoju, a group of Dangote, represented by Auwalu Halliru, Senior General Manager, Dangote Projects, emphasized the need to diversify the country's economy for rapid industrialization.
“We particularly need to deepen and expand our manufacturing, agricultural and mining sectors as a first step.”
Makoju called for the development of the manufacturing sector as Nigeria was lagging behind some nations it was at par with in the past.
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