Water Resources Ministry To Partner Institute Of Civil Engineers

Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation is to partner the Nigerian Institute of Civil Engineers on infrastructural execution.

The minister, Prof. Joseph Terlumun Utsev, stated this when he hosted the Chairman, Mr. Chukwudi Ezugu and members of the Institute in his office, in Abuja.

A statement signed by the
Head, Press and Public Relations of the ministry, Funmi Imuetinyan, says the collaboration will focus on the creation of dams and other structures.

“I want to affirm the Ministry’s commitment to collaborate with the Nigerian Institute of Civil Engineers on infrastructural implementation, particularly concerning dams and other vital structures” Prof. Utsev adds.

According to the statement Prof. Utsev who expresses his unwavering support for student registration within the Institute urges his guest to ensure the success of the upcoming International Conference of Civil Engineers by using it to uphold the tenets of the profession.

On his part, the National Chairman of the Institute of Civil Engineers, Mr. Chukwudi Ezugu, describes the Ministry’s role in formulating policies related to water resources, sanitation, irrigation, portable water supply, underground water exploration, exploitation, and hydrological data as crucial for civil engineers when designing runoff systems and drainage.

Ezugu who notes the importance of irrigation in agriculture explains that any nation lacking food self-sufficiency faces significant challenges.

He commended the Minister’s substantial contributions to food production in Nigeria, particularly through the river basin development authorities and various water projects.

“The Institute’s developed an Open Defecation Eradication Strategy booklet which was successfully launched last September”.

Georgina Humphrey, Edited By Grace Namiji