Building collapse: Ensure application of standards in your operations – Minister tells Engineers

The Minister of Power, Abukakar Aliyu, has called on engineers in the building sector to be proactive and ensure standard operations in the discharge of their duties. This was made known on Monday in Abuja by the Ministry of Power assistant Press Director, Odutayo Oluseyi

The minister who hosted the Deputy President and President elect of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Gidari-Wudil, in his office, spoke against the backdrop of recent building collapse in the country

The chairman, investiture committee of the NSE, Mr Olu Ogunduyile, said the visit was to formerly inform the minister of the plans of the President-Elect, Gidari-Wudil.

Aliyu while congratulating the NSE President-elect, reminded him of the enormous responsibility bestowed on him as the President. He said that the Federal Government is making lots of investment in the area of infrastructure in which engineers are critical stakeholders.

“The huge investment in the area of infrastructure of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is commendable” he said

Aliyu advised the president to ensure the application of professionalism through proper procedures and specifications and also synergise with government to curb further calamities occasioned by infrastructural defects.

Responding, Gidari-Wudil, assured the minister that the Nigerian Society of Engineers under his watch will be proactive and up and doing.

He said that the society of Engineers would work closely with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and other bodies to ensure application of professionalism due to the strategic nature of the Engineering profession.

He said the administration of Gidari-Wudil would focus on Academia-Industry Relationship, which is aimed at collaboration between the academia and industry players.

“It is also to bridge the gap between Engineering Technologists and Technicians, reviving Technical Education, aimed at boosting the Economic Growth and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the nation, among other things.” Ogunduyile said.