DAILY TRUST
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Wednesday, March 7. 2012
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NSE campaigns for more women engineers
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n IE N'J8Crlan Soddy 0( Enfpncm; (NSE) has caIkd on the Alnodatlon oI~ Women Enginms in NIftn. (APWEN) 10 1n1msiJ} campajgn aI Ihe S«Onduy IChooI bd fonnon &irk toukr totClCllaSand cr1SJnca1n&5I1W81css tlwllS petanI of"studmts O(~inNitJmI~womm..
....""" .. tho in>uguntion of tho ~ _ of APWEN. Env ""pnb AIWJ. NSEk President. Erw- Shchu, ~ tim APWEN rKUkd 10 do ~ in thnr programmct D1 thai: direction, .ddtng ~ NSE .. the I'IIIlJon;aI bid wiD oontinue 10 IUppor1
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-A\'aIbbk Sbtlstia show tJl¥ IN pcrccm.oIlmWt8f1ldu*.studl:nts'n~ is low 'J"he wortdOr« rcmalm as the area r:I
push for a restructunns ollM: JChooI cumcu Ium"shesad Engr. Obyinka s;ud APWEN will build an enduring synergy betwtm schoois and the profcssional work! by working cIosdy Willi cduc::atJc:JrW. ~tory authorities • local. 51i1fe and kdcr.aI bds.. OulgoinB pre:ddmt r:J AJ'\'iEN. Engr:. Iru lIIoro. in her valedictory sperch saad. under
tughest under ~JOfl forwomm -, ~.dmavaibbk mah that more womm m bcrommg I"ln$cd in the cngi-
_ """""""" """'""" only .5 """'" of unrYentty ctlgJnccn"8 studcnb aft bWc wortdwide.ln Nigftia. it b n'Cn Iowu. ~ ~ _ ncul to do more 10 bring...-~ among 00:r fmWt itUdmts about the imporlana 0( punuinB • prokss.on III cn:ganeaing bcausc ( know womm naU the di!fnmce in any prolc:won and arc I1JUaIly among the
her. the~ had orpnised ClR'C'f ~ in J"lfNlY and secondMy Khoois acroAi the kdmOOn to incrnw aWMmft15 and mcoutagegirlslo loft milfhcon1lhCS. Sludy soence and mginemngand had pm1q.ted as role mod£Is and rmnton III; engineenng w«ks oftome
bcsl.-MAid. In her inaugural address. the new presi-
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'Project Shovel' extends from Lafia to Akwanga TI-I E ongoing urlMn feM'w;I] programme of Gove:mor Umaru Tanka AI-Makura's adminislralton has reached other ur~1l centra of the state: stretching from Lafia, lhestilile cap'htl, where wort commenced two months .fter he U5umplion of
Development Control demolishes block industries II, Mumph.l Sulrimln TI lE [k,-dopmcnt Control Ikpilrt mml of Abup Mttmpolit~n Man IgcTnml Council (AMMC) ovn 1M wetkmd c!emo!ishtd ~ bKJck making IDduslric::!i openli~ along ro-d corridors in Galadlma,... 1m oCtheFCt'
lMdqnrtmc'ntukl Wilt caniN out tht dclnoIition after the OP"1I lion ofthc grace pukJd given 0WTK'rS ofblock loouslrki: and pre-cuI con crete com('OrKnts oprRting on lhe: road VftKt and some unoo-doped
plots in the am.. Speaktng to ntw5mcn, Nathaniel Atd>i~ who spoke on behalf of tlw
dtp;&rtJl1f:nI said the aITKIN persoru ""-ere gl\'ft\ I grace ~iod of t1lrtt months to move Iw;lY from the road corridon. AccOfdillB to Atwi}f:. who is an ~istant Director In tM MonitorIng &: Enforcement Division of 1M Depart menl, II is not Afe for such activities to plKe ".,-here they an! ptaently located u lhry ClUSt encumbrotpao 00 the rC»d vt'rte. Aleblje further said tbJt gove-mment ....;u not unmindful ohht: challenges faced by the openton and that was why the Iffected penons should contact the Department ofUrt»,n md Reglooal Planning for possible reIocalton as there an areas delignated for
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such Ktivlties In tile Ahuja Master Plan_ The dep;llrtmenl a iled on tho!e who are yel to move thdr material and tquipment from site to do so as II would contmue lhe removailo ensure sirkt comrU;IInce.. "The Clter'C15e Is meanl 10 ensure thai n»d verges are not mcumbeud and 10 also save lives IS those btuindSeJ Ife not S\JppoRd to be on the road comdors In the IiI'Sl place," he Aid. One 0( the affect«l staff of the block making industria told Daily nUll Ih;lll With the demolition of Ike block Industries, m;llny employees would 10K theiT IOUrce oI"hvdihOOd
Kebbi to revive N18bn irrigation project KEBBI Sblif: ~~ ays the cont.rovmhI NI8 biDion Zauro Po&dcr Im~ profo:t conlncI would be revMd and complded Within short poMib&e tim<
The CcmmissIoner, Ministry ol ~ Ahp Abdubhi Bwua, aid thM the conIIXt whk:h was aw:uded in 11X11 by the f«SenaI C'oOV-
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The wurk. popularly ailed ~ ProJ«t %ovd": was aw;lrded in the early da)'1 of the Idministrahon whkh w;lS inaugurated on May 29, 2011.and contractors commenced the job immediilltely. But memben of Nuaraw;l Stlte I louse of As.sembly (NSHA), kicked ,1.1 the P'oj«t, accuSing the governor for vioIillting con51itutlOnai plV\'istons because the job was awarded wlthoul budget. ary provistons for it. The development compeU«I the govemme.nI to with· draw the construction firms from the sile, untU a supplementary bud,etary w.s initialed. and passed. pTO'Vldmg fOf" the oogolng job. 1be supplementary budBet Incrn..sed the size 01" budget 2011 from NM.OI7,s7-4.825. 10 N81.506.091.ISO. The job picked up around November of last year. and by the end of the ~ar. much of the earth work had b«n completed 00 most 0( the roads, bringing some raplle to rcsKknIs. NaRrawa Stale llrlN.n De-veIopmenl Boud
( NUD8), Aid the construc· lIOn pro,«t targets uman renew<t1 through the coostructtoo of roads and sKie drainages to address ero 5ion 10 , ... Ii •. Onfly l'rllj/ also ob.serW'd that the ,00. wtuch has 'D far seen l..afl3 Wllh the Iir$l l5J>hah ~ smce creatIOn of the stillte ~r 15 years ago. has reached thrtt other urban centres;; Akwanp and NUlra..... Euon in NUlTllwa-North, ailJ Nuarawa town 10 NaSlu .... a \\'"1. after the government exp;'IOd«lthe projKl With more conlnCl aWlirds Eng' Edw;lrd Daudu. Managing Director of NUDB. )'Uterday. told /)Qliy TnUl that the new coni fiKU have so far SC\':TI the Contl1lClon on site fie gave lhe r<»ds IS Wamb. By. Pau- KaJ5lffiU. Idns Road stretching 1.2k.ms.. Diamond SankGRA· Jos Road stretching 3kms. and a reinforced box culVffl In front of Shephrord S«ond· IfY School, aU in Akwanga. Engr Daudu said in Na.s..s:a.rawa-Eggon. MuUl. Road has b«n awa.nkd for COMCruc.tton, "retchIng 2.11uns, and IJiuns PoIke St;r,lkm Road. Nasarawa town has I pr0posal for design for Police Statlon-GRA Road 2.8kms. and Shehu Shagart Road. 1.2kms. ~The governme:nl is considenng 51uns in Wamba lown, and we hl~ comme:nced work low;r,nls that," the NUDB boss Aid.