Fubara explains preference for qualified engineers, local contractors

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Gov Sim Fubara of Rivers State has explained why he preferred qualified engineers and local contractors on projects executed by ...

Gov Sim Fubara of Rivers State has explained why he preferred qualified engineers and local contractors on projects executed by his administration.

This is as the governor has admonished parents to live right for the sake of their children.

Fubara stated that his administration engages indigenous contractors, qualified engineers, and technologists in road and housing projects to ensure the delivery of standard and quality projects in the State.

Gov Fubara stated this in the week while declaring open the 42nd Conference of Technologists in Engineering (CONFOTECH) and Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Association of Technologists in Engineering, (NATE), in Port Harcourt.

The conference saw the association conferring its Platinum Award on Gov Fubara and his induction into the highest membership cadre of NATE in recognition of his massive infrastructural development across Rivers State. A cross section of guests at the funeral service of Mama Rhoda Jaja in Opobo Town on Saturday

Gov Fubara, who was represented by Sunny Ewule, his Chief of Staff, expressed the readiness of his administration to the continued partnership and support for professional associations in promoting professionalism, building capacity and driving technological advancement.

He thanked the leadership and the entire membership of NATE for finding him worthy of their most prestigious award and honour, the NATE Platinum Award, and the accompanying induction into the highest membership cadre of the association.

Gov Fubara noted that the theme of the conference: Safety, Regulation and Enforcement in Engineering: A Panacea to Industrial and Technological Growth in Nigeria, could not be more timely and relevant.

According to Fubara, no meaningful industrial growth can take place without safety, strong regulation, and enforcement, adding that it is for that reason that his administration has continued to insist on standard, quality delivery, and the engagement of qualified engineers, technologists and…

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