In addition to over two hundred kilometers of ongoing road projects, Governor Chukwuma Soludo has promised to increase the number to two hundred and fifty between now and December.

 

The Governor, who stated this at a one-day stakeholders’ sensitization workshop organized by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN, in Awka, said his administration is committed to building road projects that will stand the test of time.

represented by his Chief of Staff, Mr. Ernest Ezeajughi, Governor Soludo said Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria is critical in what his administration is doing in road and other infrastructural projects, adding that after his administration, Anambra will be a point of reference in quality infrastructural projects.

 

He noted that the sensitization workshop by Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria is important in building a better Anambra, assuring that regulation, quality and standard must be maintained in handling projects in the State and promised to partner them.

The traditional ruler of Umueri, Igwe Ben Emeka, who thanked the Soludo administration for insisting on quality and durability in road constructions said such will help in addressing failure of roads and save costs and called for maintenance culture to help increase the life span of roads in the State.

 

On their parts, the Chairman of Anambra State Physical Planning Board, Barrister Chike Mmaduekwe and the Executive Chairman of Anambra State Materials Testing Laboratory, Engineer Ebosie Ezeoke, who was a resource person at the event, said such sensitization workshop will help ensure quality of projects in the State.

Earlier in his opening remark, the Chairman, of Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria Anambra State chapter, Engineer Victor Meju, who highlighted achievements of members of the profession in and beyond the state, noted that no nation can develop without Engineering, and called for support to the council in order to add more value to life.

 

 

 

Partnering stakeholders, training institutions, leadership and members of the National Youth Service Corps, Anambra State, among others were present at the event that has as its theme: “Regulatory obligation, compliance enforcement of course codes and standards: a panacea for sustainable economic development of Anambra State”.

Registrar, Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, Engineer Professor Adisa Bello was represented at the event by Engineer Aminu Garba Kangiwa.