The Minister of Power, Works and
Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said the Federal Government will pay
great attention and invest heavily in road infrastructure, power and
housing in the coming years.
The sectors, he said, would be
prioritised on account of their contributions to national economy due to
their capacities to generate multiplier effects and employment on a
large scale.
The minister said this during the
opening ceremony of the 2015 induction for newly registered quantity
surveyors and practising firms and the 4th annual professional clinic on
risk management, organised by the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board
of Nigeria, on Thursday in Abuja.
Fashola said the government would be
counting on the support of registered Nigerian quantity surveyors and
other professionals in the construction industry in its quest to deliver
good governance to the people.
The minister, who was represented by the
Director, Survey Department, Ministry of Power, Works and Housing,
Dickson Onojah, urged quantity surveys to bring their expertise as
construction cost managers to bear on the costing of projects in order
to achieve value for money and cost efficiency in the implementation of
projects in both the public and private sectors of the economy.
He said, “I am delighted to be playing a
part in today’s induction ceremony for a group of professionals like
registered quantity surveyors, who are key players in the built
environment, which is a strategic sector of our economy.
“Here, we are talking about
infrastructure such as roads, housing and urban development, all of
which come under the purview of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and
Housing, which I have been charged with the responsibility of
overseeing.
“It is one sector, which this government
will give due attention to in view of its contributions to the national
economic due to its capacity to generate multiplier effects and
employment on a large scale.”
Fashola commend the QSRBN for “the good
work you have done so far in the pursuit of your mandate not only in the
regular registration and induction of eligible quantity surveyors, but
also in the area of professional development as well as accreditation of
quantity surveying programmes in the universities and polytechnics.”
The QSRBN President, Mallam Hussaini
Dikko, stated that 317 newly registered quantity surveyors and 34
practising firms of quantity surveyors were inducted, bringing the total
number of registered quantity surveyors and practising firms in the
register of the board to 2,777 and 236 respectively.
He warned that the board would clamp down heavily on any registered quantity surveyor that engaged in sharp practices.
Dikko said, “In this regard, registered
quantity surveyors must queue behind President Muhammadu Buhari in his
anti-corruption crusade. Quantity surveyors have a key role to play in
fighting corruption in the building and engineering industry.”
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