Stakeholders want engineers integrated into national dev’t

The Association for Consulting Engineering in Nigeria (ACEN) has called for the integration of Nigeria’s engineers into national development.

They said this is critical for a dynamic and competitive economy supported by first-class infrastructure.

A statement from ACEN said that was a key resolution at the 41st ACEN Annual Conference/AGM held in Lagos.

The keynote speaker at the event, Managing Director/CEO, Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Engr. Nurudeen Rafindadi, highlighted the various impacts of engineers on the nation’s economy.

Rafindadi said, “Engineering and technology are crucial to the creation of social amenities like healthcare, quality education and support infrastructure such as transport, power, water supply, agriculture, among others. Engineering activities revolve around technical, social and economic systems providing a crucial impact on all identified development indexes.

“Engineers are at the core of national development as no nation can develop in the absence of a flourishing practice of engineering and technology. Integrating the Nigerian engineer into the development process is, therefore, a starting point to the development of our nation,” he said.