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FG Advises Engineers to Close Ranks Fct By Bennett Oghifo Nigerian civil engineers have been called upon to form partnerships as a way of increasing capacity, if they are to benefit from the Federal Government's programme of increasing local capacity. Minister for Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, made the call while addressing a gathering of directors of civil engineering in the Federal Ministry of Works and State Ministries of Works and Abuja at Chelsea Hotel, Abuja. Ogunlewe said such measure is the only way Nigerian engineers can compete with their foreign counterparts, who are more equipped, more capitalised, better connected and positioned internationally to bid for and get contracts. Ogunlewe said his Ministry has drawn up a programme of assistance to indigenous engineers by buying and leasing them road-building equipment, including mini asphalt plants of four to 10 tonnes capacity per hour beginning from next year. He said under the arrangement, local engineering consortia that show capacity to perform would be given contracts and leased these equipment to be paid for under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) programme. Special Assistant to the President and Head of Budget and Price Intelligence Unit, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, represented by Mr Emeka Ezeh, said a major thrust of the Obasanjo administration "is to show that government business can be carried out openly, economically and transparently without the need for favouritism and corruptible tendencies". He said in the past, many foreign governments and nationals were wary of doing business with Nigeria and Nigerians, because of disproportional costs and delay in payment for jobs done. Due Process certification, he said, has been established to attract honest foreign and local investments and to ensure that the "business as usual" syndrome is made a thing of the past. Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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