As part of its efforts to maintain roads in major towns and cities in the state, the Delta State Government has approved the rehabilitation, reconstruction and upgrading of major roads in the state.
The Commissioner for Works, Rt. Hon. Funkekeme Solomon disclosed this when he received in audience the Chairman and members of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Asaba Branch, in his office.
Rt. Hon Funkekeme said that the road maintenance projects would be carried out in major towns and cities throughout the state as necessary technical details are ready. He said that when completed, the projects would not only ameliorate the problem of failed roads but would also curb the incessant flood menace in the state.
He charged the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Asaba Branch, to key into the state government in ensuring that all infrastructural projects meet set standards and specifications.
Rt. Hon. Funkekeme also disclosed that henceforth the state government would only work with pre-qualified construction firms that have proven capacity, capability and competence to deliver road infrastructure projects on schedule and according to specifications.
He also said that the ministry had put in place stringent measures to strengthen the certification and revalidation of work executed at project sites so that the state government would get value for its money.
He charged the society to take the issue of adherence to set standards by its members seriously and ensure that they keep to the norms and ethos of the profession in all they do, adding that any flaws in their jobs could tarnish the integrity of the profession.
While emphasizing the importance of the engineering profession to the overall infrastructural development in the state, Rt. Hon. Funkekeme promised to partner with them towards the delivery of projects that would meet set standards.
He assured that the ministry would continue to carry out training and retraining of engineers and promised that more engineering staff would benefit from the human capital development programmes of the state in the next fiscal year.
Earlier, the Chairman, Nigerian Society of Engineers, Asaba Branch, Engr. Anthony Onyokoko congratulated Rt. Hon. Funkekeme on his appointment and pledged the society’s readiness to partner with the state government in its infrastructural development vision, just as he appealed for the continuous professional development of its members. He intimated the commissioner of the society’s forthcoming Annual General Meeting and appealed for sponsorship of some of the events.
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