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COREN Wants Local Engineers In Projects Execution
Registrar, Council for the
Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) Mr. Felix Atume, on Thursday in
Abuja condemned the non-involvement of local engineers in Nigerian projects.
Atume told newsmen that engineering
played a very critical role in the development of any nation when properly managedas
such urged Nigerians not to ignore that.
He said attention should be given
to the engineering sector by involving Nigerian engineers in major projects in
the country.
“Nigeria needs to build a robust
engineering capacity by allowing Nigerian engineers to take charge of
engineering in this country otherwise we will not make progress.
“Why is it that Nigerians are used
in every other sector except in the engineering field? Why do we have to bring
in foreigners to do our projects for us when there are engineers in the
country?.
“What they are doing to us is like
saying our journalist are not good enough so they bring in people from BBC and
CNN to cast the news for us, if that is not done in the media and other
sectors, why do they use foreign engineers instead of us?’’
He said a “clear example of
projects” given to foreigners was the Onitsha-Owerri rail project, stressing
that the project should be built mainly by Nigerians and foreigners should only
be invited when and if serious challenges were encountered.
“Nigerian engineers need to handle
the railway project from Ontisha to Owerri.
“If they start and support is
needed from outside, we will bring them on our own terms.
“Basically we should do it, so we
can build the capacity; otherwise if we are building power stations and railway
lines and Nigerians are not involved, who will maintain them tomorrow?’’
He said that it was just an
assumption that Nigerian engineers could not perform since they were not given the opportunity.
He added that Nigerian engineers,
most times, did better outside the country because of “a fair playing ground”.
Atume urged engineers to take their
place in the economic and technological development of the country, and execute
jobs with high integrity and standards.
He said they needed to start
looking at the basic things in the country and always ensure that all lifts in
government offices and necessary facilities were in good working condition.
Business
Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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