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Eco-Construction Insights By Engr. Obi At NY Learning Hub

Eco-Construction Insights By Engr. Obi At NY Learning Hub

January 29, 2024 5:36 am

In a significant event at the esteemed New York Learning Hub, Engineer Chidozie Obi, a renowned civil engineer and strategic project management specialist, presented his insightful research paper, “Eco-Friendly Construction: Emerging Trends in Green Building and Civil Engineering.” This presentation marked a pivotal moment in the discourse surrounding sustainable construction practices, particularly relevant to the global environmental challenges and the construction industry’s response to them.

Engineer Obi’s paper, a comprehensive exploration of the evolving landscape of green building and eco-friendly practices in civil engineering, serves as a beacon for the construction industry, especially in the African context where sustainable development …

Osinbajo Lists Projects To Be Completed In Next Few Years

January 25, 2020 3:50 pm
Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said having instituted reforms covering critical sectors of the economy over the past four years, Nigeria under the Buhari administration is making steady progress on the path of prosperity.

Osinbajo stated this on Saturday in Lagos in a keynote address he delivered at the Redeemer’s Men Fellowship Conference themed “Galvanized for Geometric Growth.”

The Vice President, while noting that much still needed to be done in the different sectors of the economy, restated that the country had enormous potential which would be realised.

According to the VP, who referenced the recent US-based Newsweek magazine’s

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2020: Buhari Lists Major Projects To Be Completed This Year

January 1, 2020 5:26 am
President Muhammadu Buhari has listed some projects Nigerians should expect to come upstream by 2020.

This was part of the President’s New Year message he personally signed and made available to THISDAY on January 1.

Buhari said, “To recapitulate, some of the projects Nigerians should expect to come upstream from 2020 include:

“47 road projects scheduled for completion in 2020/21, including roads leading to ports.

“Major bridges including substantial work on the Second Niger Bridge.

“Completion of 13 housing estates under the National Housing Project Plan.

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Enugu Govt Approves New Road Projects

December 21, 2019 9:59 am

The Enugu State Executive Council (EXCO) has awarded contracts for the construction and rehabilitation of more urban and rural roads, in keeping with the state government’s commitment to infrastructural development in the state.

Briefing newsmen after the meeting of the State Executive Council (EXCO), the Commissioner for Information, Nnanyelugo Chidi Aroh, disclosed that Alor Street, which connects Thinker’s Corner with Abakpa Nike road in Enugu East Local Government Area, was approved by the council for rehabilitation, to serve as a bypass.

Aroh further disclosed that the council also approved the construction of Enugu Eke-Ogui Uno-Oma Eke road (Phase II) in …

House Probes Unexecuted Constituency Projects

December 11, 2019 11:33 am

The House of Representatives has set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the amount of unspent constituency project funds not remitted in the last 10 years.

The House ordered the investigation following the adoption of a motion moved by the Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on the need to refund unspent budgeted monies.

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The ad hoc committee, chaired by Hon. Francis Agbo, was also tasked to unmasked the defaulting agencies and report back to the House for further legislative action.

In his lead debate, Hon. Abubakar Fulata emphasised the need for …

Much Ado About Constituency Projects

December 8, 2019 3:03 am

The idea of constituency projects was initially novel. It was conceived and designed to confer both the political and development advantage on the legislators, whose primary responsibility is to make laws for the growth and the overall good of the country.

But over time, the Nigerian factor set in and the idea ran into multiple hitches, although not solely a fault of the lawmakers, whose priority it is to identify what projects to be sited where. The discontent was basically that funds released were either not commensurate with identified projects or that there was no proof at all that the …

Constituency Projects: South-West Gets Least Allocation

December 1, 2019 4:57 pm

A report on the distribution of Zonal Intervention Projects (ZIPs) has shown that the South West has the lowest appropriation of funds amongst the six geo-political zones in Nigeria.

The report was prepared by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC).

It shows the zone by zone and state by state distribution of the N100 billion constituency projects sponsored by members of the National Assembly in their various constituencies in the 2019 budget.

According to the report titled: “Breakdown of 2019 Zonal Intervention Projects (ZIP) Allocations,” the South-West got N14.28 billion worth of projects for the year …

Global Investors Mull $67b Projects For Africa In 2020

November 12, 2019 3:47 am
African countries will next year host projects worth $67 billion in critical sectors spanning energy, agriculture, housing, rail and telecoms infrastructure among others.
President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, who disclosed this at the opening press conference of the African Investment Forum (AIF) in Johannesburg said the amount was spread across 59 boardroom transactions for private sector projects.

He described the current edition of the AIF as representing a significant improvement on the 2018 meetings in which $48billion transactions were agreed upon.

“This is about Africa’s financial institutions

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Kwara Pays ₦60m Counterpart Fund For Community Projects

Kwara Pays ₦60m Counterpart Fund For Community Projects

October 17, 2019 6:13 am

Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved ₦60 million counterpart funds to key into the World Bank-funded Community and Social Development Projects (CSDP) that will help attract development to rural areas.

The payment which was a requirement for any state to be considered for the initiative would enable the Kwara State Community and Social Development Agency (KWCDA) access over ₦1 billion to implement micro-projects in various communities that express interest and pay 10 percent of whatever project to be sited there.

A statement issued in Ilorin, that was signed by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Planning and Economic Development …

Quality Projects, Hallmark Of My Administration - Ihedioha

Quality Projects, Hallmark Of My Administration – Ihedioha

October 15, 2019 8:50 am

Imo State Governor, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, has stated that quality projects would be the hallmark of his administration as standards would not be compromised in any of the projects his administration would implement across the state.

Ihedioha made this statement during his tour of the 27 local government areas in Imo State to inspect and assess projects that were built by the Chairmen of Interim Management Committees.

He had visited seven local governments thus far, where he echoed the benefits and importance of the ongoing construction of a befitting secretariat complex and mini stadium/sports center to the people of …

Over $5b wasted on constituency projects since 2000 – ICPC

Over $5b wasted on constituency projects since 2000 – ICPC

July 22, 2019 12:15 am

The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, said the nation had spent about N2 trillion($5,518,611,400)  on constituency projects without commensurate development at the grassroots.

The Commission’s spokesperson, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday quoted the chairman as saying it at the induction of newly-qualified members  of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors in Abuja.

Owasanoye, while making emphasis on the ongoing tracking of constituency projects by the Commission in 12 states, said that the exercise was not to witch-hunt anyone.

He said that tracking the projects was an important …

Nigerian, French producers to work on new movie projects

Nigerian, French producers to work on new movie projects

July 4, 2019 12:16 am

Twelve Nigerian film projects have been presented to French filmmakers at the maiden edition of the  French- Nigeria Cinema Days for co-production deals.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the films written, and to be directed by Nigerian filmmakers, were announced  on Wednesday  at the event holding from July 2-3 at the Alliance Francaise in Lagos State.

Mr Yoann Talhouarne, Regional Audiovisual Attaché, Embassy of France in Nigeria, while making the announcement, said that over 50 Nigerian film proposals were submitted, from where the 12 were selected.

After the announcement, the Directors of the proposed films then have a …

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