Corruption, paucity of funds, lack of political will have been
identified as some of the factors militating against capacity building among
artisans in the building sector.
Third national vice president of the Nigerian Institute of
Building, NIOB, Bldr Kenneth Nduka made this declaration while delivering a
paper on capacity building among artisans in the building sector at the
just-concluded 43rd Builders’ Conference and Annual General Meeting
in Abuja.
Nduka said the corrupt tendencies in the affairs of governance in
most countries have frustrated the implementation of well-thought-out
government policies.
He alleged that in the case of capacity building for artisan,
funds are diverted for selfish reasons.
“Contractual relationships whip should otherwise encapsulate
skills acquisition and technology transfer initiatives are deliberately
undermined, trainings are either starved of funds or run underground, awards
for infrastructure project upgrades are often times abandoned.
He disclosed that, “The situation of the school of Architectural
Draughtsmanship set up by the Federal Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban
Development is a case in point,” he noted.
On the paucity of funds, Bldr Nduka claimed that the prevailing
worldwide economic straits have frustrated the flow of intervention funds from
donor agencies.
According to him, “Natural disasters in all corners of the globe;
endless political strives and wars have also taken their own toll on the
quantum of soft-funding-grants-in-aid and loans that are available for
addressing the challenges of capacity building.”
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