The Federal Government has said that over 420 federal roads, bridges, and other infrastructure projects have either been completed or significantly advanced under the administration of President Bola Tinubu within the two years already spent in office.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works, Barinada Mpigi, said this at the opening ceremony of the 33rd Engineering Assembly organised by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.
Mpigi hailed engineers as indispensable drivers of Nigeria’s development, saying that their work forms the backbone of the country’s economic growth, nfrastructure expansion, and industrial advancement.
He says that Nigerian engineers are not merely technical experts, but strategic nation builders who deserve a central role in policy making.