Rivers Assembly To Partner NIA On Development

The Deputy Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Dumnamen Deekor has assured members of National  Institute of Architects (NIA) of the House readiness to partner with them for the development initiatives of the state government.

Hon. Deekor gave this assurance at the weekend in Port Harcourt, when the National Institute of Architects (NIA) south-south paid him a courtesy visit said, this had become imperative because the institute plays a major role in the development of the society.

The Deputy Speaker who represented the Speaker of the State Assembly, Rt. Hon. Tonye Harry decried the incessant collapse of buildings across the country insisting that such ugly incident occurred as a result of the engagement of non professionals in the construction of buildings in the society.

He stated that the state legislature was working on two bills that intends to regulate developments across the state.  According to him, the proposed  laws would regulate the activities of non-professionals in the building industry in order to save lives and properties.

In his words: “we have two bills that will control our environment especially as it affects the collapse building in the state and its environ”.

The deputy speaker congratulated the institution for their fifty years anniversary adding that, there is a lot for the nation to celebrate its 50 years of existence.

Earlier, the leader of the team and chairman of Akwa Ibom Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, Arc  Usen  Udoh had said they were in Rivers State, as part of the activities marking their 50th anniversary celebration holding in Port Harcourt.

Arc Udoh stated that the institute had come of age noting that the NIA has produced two vice presidents of the country.

He thanked the deputy speaker for the honour given them and pledged that the institute would partner with the assembly to enable it enact laws that would impact on the people as well as protect the environments.