NATE Tasks Council Chairmen On Maintenance Culture

The Nigerian Association of Technology in Engineering (NATE) has challenged local government chairmen in Rivers State to take responsibility in ensuring that there is maintenance culture within their domain on projects embarked upon.
Vice President, South-South, of the Association, Engr Chidi Dimkpa, who gave the challenge during a three-day training workshop organised by the body, stressed that there is the need to pinpoint the deficiencies in the maintenance culture for all tiers of government, especially among the Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the State.
Dimkpa said so far government had spent a lot of money in building and providing necessary infrastructure without the requisite maintenance culture.
“When the properties are newly built it appears beautiful, but now the situation is sad due to lack of maintenance culture.
“In some of the Local Government Areas, most government projects some times are abandoned and overtaken by weeds”, he said.
He stated that rather than spend so much money, NATE is now calling on the third tier of government to take adequate measures in ensuring that projects executed in their areas are adequately protected and maintained.
According to him, the body is also charging engineers within the LGA to begin to prepare memos about the maintenance of government properties within their domain for the sake of the common people.
He said the essence of the training was to revitalise the culture of maintenance for the sake and future of the common people.