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Fashola Tasks COREN Board On Professionalism
Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has inaugurated a nine- member Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), with a charge to maintain professionalism.
Fashola, while inaugurating the COREN members in Abuja, Tuesday, stressed the need for the members to imbibe professionalism as well as ensuring that the ethics guiding the engineering profession were upheld.
While reiterating the commitment of the Federal Government to the development of infrastructure in the country, Fashiola said it would also demand Professionalism on the part of the engineers to achieve the stride.
Fashiola said “Our government has committed to infrastructure and you all know infrastructure brings development to the country, it boosts our economy, creates employment and enables the nation to compete for continental and global space.”
The minister said members of the profession had been and would continue to play a significant role in this regard and stressed the need for COREN to ensure that professionalism was at its peak.
He charged them to uphold the moral and ethical standards of the profession, adding that true professionals always did the right thing no matter the situation and would not compromise standards in the face of pressure.
Responding, one of the council members and immediate past President of the Nigerian Society Of Engineers (NSE), MrBabagana Mohammed, said the new council members were coming with a lot of experience and dedication to protect the ethics and standards of the profession.
“We are going to emphasise on the do’s and don’ts because so many things are happening. Some people do not understand the regulations, so we need to make people understand and obey the regulations.
“That will form the focus of the ongoing conference of COREN,” Mohammed said
Also speaking, another member, Prof. ZekeniYelebe, praised the infrastructural drive of the Buhari administration and pledged that they would ensure that standards were upheld in the profession.
”We can see that this government is serious in terms of infrastructural development and as a council, we will make sure that engineering activities especially infrastructural development is done with all engineering ethics.
“The council will also look at the curriculum of institutions offering Engineering courses to see if there is need for changes or improvements to be made.
“Accreditation issues will also be appraised to ensure that the products of the Engineering Institutions can compete with their counterparts in any part of the world,” Helene said.
The newly inaugurated council members include DrMuhammed Jibrin, representing North West; DrIdiatArogundade, representing the North Central; and Prof. Baba Waziri, representing the North East.
There’s also, Prof. Zekeni Yelebe, representing the South South, Prof. Gabriel Shonaike, representing the South West. andMrBabajideOjedele representing the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing.
Others are Mr Ademola Olurunfemi also representing the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing; as well as MrTasiuWudil and MrBabagana Mohammed both representing the Nigeria Society of Engineers.
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Council Boss Impeached 48 Hours To LG Polls In Katsina
The Chairman of Malumfashi Local Government Council of Katsina State, Maharazu Dayi, has been impeached.
Maharazu Dayi was impeached yesterday by 11 out of 12 councillors, barely two days before the local government elections in the State.
The councillors reportedly took action following allegations of misconduct and poor governance against the chairman after a dispute over the distribution of the council’s Paris Club funds.
The development has sent shock waves across the local government area, especially as the impeached chairman is among those who failed to secure the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest in the forthcoming election.
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Association Tasks Fubara On Rumuwoji Market Phase Three
The Rumuwoji Ultra Modern Market Traders Association, Mile 1, Port Harcourt, has urged the state government to utilise the available spaces within the area to build phase 3 of the Rumuwoji Market in order to solve the ever increasing needs of traders.
The association, which said this at a media briefing in Port Harcourt, also described as a welcomed development the decision by the state Governor to open the phase 2 of the market for business.
According to the association, “We consider it as an answer to the various cries of the people, because he is a man on a mission who is out to place the interest of Rivers people first. It is a dream come true for the first time for the market to be dully allocated and open for business”
Chairman of the association, Hon Godspower Wobo, who briefed the press shortly after a meeting of the association in Port Harcourt, also urged the public to disregard the activities of some persons whose stock in trade is to cause disaffection in the market.
He said the attention of the association was drawn to the activities of some strange fellows who went about misforming the people about situation in the market, stressing that apart from his association, no other group exists in the market except subdiary unions.
Wobo also tasked the reallocation committee to tread with caution so as to avoid being deceived by any group.
According to him, time has come for the state government to engage in robust discussion with aggrieved shop owners who went to court and those who paid monies to the state coffers and issued with allocation certificates for the overall interest of peace.
He also advised the public to deal directly with his association, stressing that the meeting was to review activities for the last year as well as unveil their new Constitution.
Also speaking, former Chairman of the association, Deacon Kenneth Eze urged the Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara to open the phase 2 of the market, as it is long overdue.
Eze who is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the association also urged the public to do business with only the Rumuwoji Ultra Modern Market Traders Association as it is the only union recognised by the traders.
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AfDB President Denies 2027 Presidential Ambition
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, has debunked reports linking him with the race for Nigeria’s presidency in 2027.
Reacting to the report on his X handle yesterday, following a recent interview with Arise TV, the AfDB boss said his quotes were misrepresented and misinterpreted in several Nigerian media reports.
However, the AfDB president denied the media reports, stating that he never said that he wanted to contest for President.
“A segment of my recent interview on @Arise TV has been both misinterpreted and misrepresented in several Nigerian media outlets. What I said was, “I will be available to serve in any capacity, globally, in Africa, anywhere, including my own country.”
“A listen to the substantive and robust interview, which is available online, will show this to be the case. For clarity and for the record, I did not say that I am running for the office of President of Nigeria,” Adesina said.
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