The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said that the federal government will prioritise development of infrastructure such as roads, housing and urban development.
He noted that this sector will generate multiplier effect on the national economy and also create unemployment.
Fashola who was represented by the Director, Survey Department, Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Dickson Onojah said this at the 2015 induction for newly registered quantity surveyors and practising firms and the 4th annual professional clinic on risk management, organised by the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria, on Thursday in Abuja.
He said “I am delighted to be playing a part in today’s induction ceremony for a group of professionals like registered quantity surveyors, who are key players in the built environment, which is a strategic sector of our economy.
“Here, we are talking about infrastructure such as roads, housing and urban development, all of which come under the purview of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, which I have been charged with the responsibility of overseeing.
“It is one sector, which this government will give due attention to in view of its contributions to the national economic due to its capacity to generate multiplier effects and employment on a large scale.”
He also commended the QSBN for “the good work you have done so far in the pursuit of your mandate not only in the regular registration and induction of eligible quantity surveyors.