by By Elijah Ugani – Calabar
The Senator representing Cross River Central Senatorial District, Sen. Sandy Onor has called on members of the Nigerian Society of Engineers NSE, Cross River State Branch to embrace politics to enable them inject their vast knowledge and expertise into political engineering.
Senator Onor made the call in Calabar when he served as Special Guest of honour during the inauguration of the 16th Executive of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Cross River State Branch on Friday 28th August 2020.
Senator Onor who was represented at the event by the Director General of the Caterpillar Movement, DG Continental, Chief (Hon.) Joe Obi Bisong, urged the engineers to embrace politics more, so as to inject their wide range of knowledge and expertise into governance in Cross River State and the country at large.
The Senator noted that the expertise of the engineers is needed in the structural and architectural design of development, whether at local, state or federal level and averred that drivers of government need to leverage on their expertise to drive the development process of governance, development and nation building.
The lawmaker stressed that no government functions effectively without the services of technocrats. He stressed that government is a compendium of politicians, technocrats, artisans, opinion leaders, traditional and religious leaders.
He charged the newly inaugurated Chairman, Engr. Ndifon Agbiji to pilot the Society to a greater height, so as to leave a benchmark for future administrators of the Society.
As part of his support, Sen. Prof. Sandy Onor donated the sum of #500,000.00 (half a million naira) to the Society, to support their on going Secretariat building project.
