Buhari Charges NSE on Corruption in Projects Execution

President Mohammadu Buhari on Tuesday tasked the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) and other engineering regulatory bodies to instill professional integrity in the practice of engineering in Nigeria.

Buhari gave the charge in Akure, Ondo State capital, while declaring open the NSE National Engineering Conference with the theme, "National Integrated Infrastructure Master Pan (NIIMP) 2014: Strategies for Implementation".

The president, who was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babashir Lawal, said the government cannot afford to have corrupt elements infiltrate the engineering ranks in Nigeria.

He said the bane of underdevelopment of Nigeria stems from three social maladies of insecurity, youth unemployment and corruption.

"We must stem corruption in infrastructural projects execution. This administration is willing to lend full support in this direction", he said.

The president noted that Nigeria over the years had daunting challenges in the achievement of sustainable infrastructure.

"We are currently grappling with huge cases of abandoned projects and poor infrastructure management and several reasons have been advanced previously to rationalise our current level of infrastructure development as a nation", he said

Buhari lamented that there had been in recent times cases of sabotaging Government's efforts at providing infrastructure have become very rampant.