Engineering, Bedrock Of National Dev -Consultant

A Port Harcourt based
business consultant, Engr. John Peletiri, has described engineering as the bedrock of development of any nation.
Peletiri, who is also the Chief Executive Officer, Desalop Multilink Concepts Nigeria Limited, made this ascertion in an interview  with The Tide at the Port Harcourt International  Airport, Omagwa on his return from the 24th  Engineering Asembly, organised by the council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), which held in  Abuja, recently.
He said that the level of development of any nation can be measured against its  engineering capabilities, stressing that no nation could develop more that its engineering capabilities.
The business consultant stated that Nigerian Engineers were disposed to coming up with ideas  that are critical in the exploration of the abundant resources in the country beyond oil.
He expressed the hope that Nigeria would look seriously into diversifying the economy, explaining that diversification would bring about sustainable economy.
Peletiri lamented the trend  where jobs requiring  engineering skills are given to non-engineers, saying, “for instance where key instructions like NERC and NDPHC are headed by non-engineers”.
He said Nigeria’s underdevelopment  was  due to government’s failure  to harness all the abundant indigenous technological manpower in their developmental plans  while expressing the hope that the present administration would take  advantage of the abundant indigenous technological resources in the nation for optimal benefit.

Tonye Nria-Dappa