The ministry of Works
has commissioned a Road and Bridge Design office to stop the patronage of
private sectors and save the country of about N500 million yearly.
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| Road construction work |
This hint was given by the minister
of Works, Arc Mike Onolememen, while commissioning the newly-established
Federal Highway Design office with modern equipment at Works headquarters.
Onolememen said there is need to
be self-sufficient on road and bridge design. “When I came in as the minister; I
deemed it necessary to ensure that a full-fledged road and bridge design office
is established.”
He disclosed that before the
establishment of the office, engineers of the Ministry had gone on training in
various institutions abroad and are already posted to the Design office in
order to demonstrate their level of competency in the field.
Earlier, the director of Highways
(Roads), Engr. Josephine Nnoruka, claimed that the Design office had never existed
in the history of the Federal Ministry of Works.
She further disclosed that the
ministry can now design various road projects internally which is another
expression of the agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in
transforming the road sector in the country.
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