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To address the national’s infrastructure challenge, civil engineers have urged the Federal Government to spend six per cent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on Infrastructure.
Speaking at a dinner organised by the Nigerian Institution Of Civil Engineers in Osogbo, they lamented the dearth of infrastructure in the country, stressing that it was slowing down investments and could affect the much-touted government’s diversification agenda.
Leading the call, at the event, a former Deputy Vice Chancellor, Ekiti State University, Prof Olugbenga Aribisala said the current effort of government to diversify the economy would remain a mirage without infrastructure.
Aribisala, who spoke on the theme: “Infrastructural Development: An Index For National Development”, stressed the need for more investments on infrastructure to ensure that the dream of the founding fathers are actualized.
According to him, Osun State Government has shown an example of government funding for infrastructural projects.
Government urged to spend six per cent of national GDP on infrastructure
