FG To Utilise NBRRI In Ending Menace Of Building Collapse
Princess-Ekwi Ajide Abuja
The Federal Government of Nigeria says it is set to address the growing menace of building and bridge collapses across the country through one of its agencies, the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute, NBRRI.
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji who stated this, during the facility tour of the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI) Headquarters, in Abuja, said repositioning the institute and making it a global research centre is one of the strong desires of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led administration.
He said that NBRRI has substantially implemented Executive Order No. 05 and other essential policies of Innovation, Science and Technology in Nigeria which has placed significant premium on Executive Order No. 05 to set the country on viable and sustainable economic growth and rapid transformation.
Minister Nnaji urged the institute not to rest on its oars but to strive towards addressing other critical issues, such as finding solutions to road and building collapse for the desired growth and sustainable economy of the country.
The Minister, while commending the Management and staff of the Agency for their efforts towards making it a global research centre, promised to use his good office to solicit the President’s assent to the NBRRI Bill to enable the agency achieve her mandate faster.
The Director-General of the Institute, Professor Samson Duna, had earlier, said, the institute was created to build capacity and to conduct applied integrated Research and Development (R&D) into the various aspects of Road Building and Engineering Materials sector of the Nigerian economy.
According to a statement signed by the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations of the Ministry, Obed Atuora, the Director General of NBRRI, sought the intervention of the Minister to assist in acquiring Institutional land at the Federal Capital Territory to be used as NBRRI Technology Village for display and utilization of the various R&D products.
