By David Uka
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi State has
has reaffirmed the committiment of Ebonyi State government to partner with National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI,
to create job opportunities and promote youth capacity in Ebonyi State.
Umahi gave the assurance in Abakaliki when the delegation of NASENI led by its Executive Vice Chairman paid him courtesy call.
The governor said that the solution to most of the country's predicaments lie in the creativity of Nigerians especially youths.
He charged youths to sit up and channel their youthful exuberance in proffering solutions to some of the challenges confronting the nation.
Umahi commended the agency, describing it as the beginning and end of the problems of Nigeria, adding that the Agency represents the practical demonstration of what engineering profession meant.
He noted that the Agency deserved serious attention of government in order to resolve the many problems facing the nation.
"I'm so touched and lacks words to describe what NASENI is doing, but I can say that, this is the hope for our country, Nigeria.
"Sometimes, we don't know what we need as a nation. But, honestly, after food, health,and education, this is the next thing Nigeria should look after. This is the beginning and the end of our problems. I never knew this kind of thing is in existence.That you are the answer to our problems.
"I believe strongly that we can do it, looking at the things you have produced locally. Is it the science equipment, the agriculture equipment, the solar power, so many of them, Umahi said.
He also assured of his administration's commitment to collaborate with the agency to estalish a workshop that will train Ebonyi Youths to specialize in assemblage and fabrication of homegrown solutions to the needs of the Nation.
Earlier, the Executive Vice Chairman of NASENI, Professor Sani Haruna said the agency is poised to provide domestic remedy to National problems through technological solutions.
He explained that the Agency has the capacity to provide solar energy, fabricate motorcycles, trucks, aircraft, tricycles and other groundbreaking domestic interventions that would turn around the fortunes of the Nigerian Nation.
"We are an Agency with the mandate to promote and fastrack safe reliance, Technology and knowledge manufacturing and human development, we do alot of training in skills and Building capacities and we use locally available raw material for our productions and this raw material is silica, and silica is from sand and sand is free of charge"
Professor Sani Haruna recommended the application of solar powered solution to challenges of electricity supply and transportation to stabilize the Nation's critical sectors.
He commended Governor Umahi for doing the Engineering Profession proud through standard infrastructural projects in the State such as the concrete roads, the shopping mall among others expressed the agency willingness to partner Governor Umahi towards full realization of his industrialization target in Ebonyi State
He enjoined Governor Umahi to make himself available to escalate his exploits in the State to the Country as President of Nigeria come 2023.
He assured that the engineering profession would back him to emerge the president of Nigeria, if he agreed to contest.
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