Accidents and SafetyHousing & DevelopmentMinister Task Engineers On Building Collapse

ABUJA — Following the incessant building collapse in Nigeria, the Minister of Power, Mr. Abubakar Aliyu has called on engineers in the building sector to be proactive and ensure standard operations in the discharge of their duties.

The minister spoke against the backdrop of a recent building collapse in the country during a visit by the Deputy President/President-elect of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Mr. Gidari-Wudil, in his Office.

According to a statement in Abuja on Monday by Mrs. Odutayo Oluseyi, Assistant Director, Press, Ministry of Power, quoted the minister is saying the Government is making lots of investments in the area of infrastructure in which engineers are critical stakeholders.

Aliyu, while congratulating the NSE President-elect, reminded him of the enormous responsibility bestowed on him as the President.

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

“The incoming President should ensure the application of professionalism through proper procedures and specifications,” he said.

The minister urged Wudil to synergise with the Government to curb further calamities occasioned by infrastructural defects.

Responding, the President-elect of the NSE assured the minister that the Nigerian Society of Engineers under his watch would be proactive and up and doing.

“The society would work closely with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and other bodies to ensure the application of professionalism due to the strategic nature of the Engineering profession,” he said.

Earlier, the chairman of, investiture committee of the NSE, Mr. Olu Ogunduyile, said the administration of Gidari-Wudil would focus on Academia-Industry Relationship, which is aimed at collaboration between the academia and industry players.

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Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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