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Middle: President of NSE, Engr. Mustafa Balarabe Shehu, FNSE, and Min. of Justice/AGF, Chief Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) and the NSE team.
The NSE has solicited support of the executive arm of government on two road sector Bills before the National Assembly. They are the Federal Roads Authority and National Road Fund Bills which have both been forwarded to the Ministry of Justice for review and input. This entreaty was made when the President, Engr. Mustafa Balarabe Shehu, FNSE, in the company of some of his Executive Council members went on an official visit to the Honourable Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Chief Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN in Abuja recently. Engr. Shehu told the AGF that We are here to solicit for your accelerated action on the Bills
because of the urgency attached to them, so that the management of our road infrastructure can be institutionalized in line with global best practices. The President said the Bills are critical, given that road infrastructure in the country is deteriorating at an alarming rate with adverse consequences on the economy. The need to complete the reform agenda in the road sector has become more pronounced with the recent flooding of our highways and subsequent failure of road transportation system. Indeed, the flooding incidence indicated clearly that the issue on the road sector requires more robust and quick intervention, faster than the normal ministry bureaucracy can provide, he said.
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Framework (RIIF) committee was established by the NSE with the mandate among others to work out proposed draft bills that will meet the endorsement of all stakeholders. A stakeholders workshop on Road Sector Reform in Nigeria- the Way Forward was also held sometime in 2008. He explained that the workshop highlighted the need for appropriate institutional and legal framework, and specifically recommended for the establishment of the Federal Roads Authority (FRA), Road Fund (RF), Road Board (RB) and State Road Authorities (SRAs); along with the establishment of mechanisms for their funding.
The President again hinted that, on 18th October, 2011, the Honourable Minister of Works, Arc. Mike Onolememen FNIA, FNIM, inaugurated the National Road Sector Reform Committee, in which the NSE played a significant role. He said it was that Committee that came up with recommendations and the draft bills for the creation of a Federal Road Authority and National Road Funds to be managed by a Road Board in line with global best practices. Chief Adoke while responding, expressed his personal sentiments to the engineering profession and commended the NSE for its frontline position to the development of the countrys
road sector and indeed, other sectors germane to the advancement of the country. The AGF assured the NSE delegation that he will make quality input to the respective Bills. He also pledged his support for the up-coming World Engineering Conference that will hold in Abuja in 2014.
on the path of sustainable development. He stated that The federal governments policy places a challenge on all of us, and particularly those of us in the fields of science, technology and engineering, to relentlessly pursue innovation and excellence in our various professions, recognising that innovation has become a global tool for fast-tracking sustainable development. Onolememen charged Engineers to ensure that their researches and development initiatives are geared towards the enhancement of new business development and employment generation. He further stated that such ideas should also be tailored in a manner that will stimulate the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to impact positively on the larger economy.
Onolememen The conceptualisation, design, construction and maintenance of critical infrastructure needed to support economic growth of any nation generally is in the hands of Engineers You therefore, have a great role to play in harnessing, developing, and utilising advances in science and technology to build good infrastructure that can help bring about a strong, diversified, sustainable and competitive economy that guarantees a high standard of living and quality of life to all Nigerians, he said. The Minister tasked Engineers to revisit their drawing boards and come up with initiatives that will put the country
The Minister emphasised that government is confident that Nigerian Engineers have the capability to help the country succeed in its quest for development. The success of the transformation agenda of the federal government of Nigeria depends largely on you, who must aim at driving the economy with your technological skills and knowledge This is the time to become more innovative in your profession than ever before, Nigerian Engineers must resolve and takeup the challenge to ensure the realization of Vision 20: 2020 through the application of engineering tools to solve key national economic problems, he said.
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